The bridegroom was a dog
By: Yoko Tawada ; translated by Margaret Mitsutani
Contributors: Mitsutani, Margaret
Publisher: New Directions
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780811220378; 9780811220606
Work titles: Inu mukoiri
Description: A schoolteacher tells her class a fable about a princess who promises her hand in marriage to a dog that has licked her bottom clean. Strangely, a doglike suitor then appears to court the teacher. Much to the chagrin of her friends, an odd romance ensues - simmering with secrets, chivalry, and sex.
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