{"product_id":"the-bridegroom-was-a-dog-9780811220378","title":"The Bridegroom Was a Dog","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Yoko Tawada\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Bridegroom Was a Dog\u003c\/em\u003e is perhaps the Japanese-German writer Yoko Tawada's most famous story. Its initial publication in 1998 garnered admiration from \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, who praised it as, \"fast-moving, mysteriously compelling tale that has the dream quality of Kafka.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Bridegroom Was a Dog\u003c\/em\u003e 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 dog-like man. They develop a very sexual, romantic courtship with many allegorical overtones -- much to the chagrin of her friends.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45409779875991,"sku":"9780811220378","price":752.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780811220378.webp?v=1767672444","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-bridegroom-was-a-dog-9780811220378","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}