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— I wonder, said Hermes, what it would be like if animals had human intelligence. — I'll wager a year's servitude, answered Apollo, that animals – any animal you like – would be even more unhappy than humans are, if they were given human intelligence.
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- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- André Alexis
- First published
- 2015
- Pages
- 175
- Publisher
- Man you zhe wen hua shi ye gu fen you xian gong si, Nora, Serpent's Tail
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- Chinese, tur, English
- ISBN
- 9781552453056
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André Alexis was born in Trinidad and moved to Ottawa, Canada, to be reunited with his parents when he was four years old. He grew up in Ottawa and currently lives in Toronto, Ontario. His debut novel, Childhood (1997), won the Books in Canada First Novel Award, was a co-winner of the Trillium Award, and was shortlisted for the Giller Prize.
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