| 词条 | The Quincunx Cycle |
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The Quincunx Cycle is a series of novels written by Trinidadian-Canadian author André Alexis. Each novel is based on one of the themes of faith, place, love, power and hatred and all take place in and around Southern Ontario with Fifteen Dogs and The Hidden Keys both set in Toronto. Alexis began the series in 2014 with Pastoral. The second novel in the series, Fifteen Dogs, was the recipient of the 2015 Giller Prize. In 2019, while promoting Days by Moonlight Alexis suggested that when the final novel in the cycle was published he would re-edit the entire series for cohesion.[1] NovelsPastoralQuincunx 1 Pastoral was published in 2014 and examines faith. Fifteen DogsQuincunx 2, Fifteen Dogs, deals with the theme of place. The novel was nominated for, and won, two of the highest prizes available to literature in Canada: the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize and the 2015 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize,[2] RingWhile labelled the third in the series, Quincunx 3 will be the last in order of publication. While promoting Days by Moonlight Alexis revealed that the final novel would be called Ring and also suggested that, while characters from each series have cameos in other books, Ring would more clearly link the works together. The Hidden KeysQuincunx 4, was published in 2016. The novel dealt with the theme of power. Days by MoonlightQuincunx 5 was published in 2019, the furthest gap between novels in the Quincunx thus far. References1. ^{{cite web |last1=Carter |first1=Sue |title=The latest from Andre Alexis: Ontario landscapes filtered through a psychotropic drug |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2019/02/21/the-latest-from-andre-alexis-ontario-landscapes-filtered-through-a-psychotropic-drug.html |accessdate=25 March 2019}} 2. ^{{cite news | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/rogers-writers-trust-fiction-prize-goes-to-author-andre-alexis/article27079751/ | title=André Alexis wins Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize | work=The Globe and Mail | date=November 3, 2015 | accessdate=June 18, 2017 | author=Medley, Mark}} 3 : Novels by André Alexis|Novel series|Novel sequences |
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