Description
Masterfully turning the rules of folklore and fable on their head, The Bridegroom Was a Dog is a disarming and unforgettable modern classic. Its initial publication in 1998 garnered admiration from The New Yorker, which praised it as a “fast-moving, mysteriously compelling tale that has the dream quality of Kafka.”
The Bridegroom Was a Dog begins with a schoolteacher telling a fable to her students. In the fable, a princess promises her hand in marriage to a dog that has licked her bottom clean. The story takes an even stranger twist when that very dog appears to the schoolteacher in real life as a doglike man. A romantic — and sexual — courtship develops, much to the chagrin of her friends, who have suspicions about the man’s identity.
Author: Yoko Tawada
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 11/25/2025
Pages: 80
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.4 lbs
Size: 8.2″ H x 5.5″ L x 0.5″ W
ISBN: 9780811239967
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