{"product_id":"the-bridegroom-was-a-dog","title":"The Bridegroom Was a Dog","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eInternationally acclaimed author Yoko Tawada's most famous ― and bizarre ― tale in a stand-alone, New Directions Pearl edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Bridegroom Was a Dog\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is perhaps the Japanese-German writer Yoko Tawada’s most famous story. Its initial publication in 1998 garnered admiration from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, who praised it as a “fast-moving, mysteriously compelling tale that has the dream quality of Kafka.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Bridegroom Was a Dog\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe story takes an even stranger twist when the dog from the fable appears to the schoolteacher in real life as a dog-like man. They develop a sexual courtship with allegorical overtones ― much to the chagrin of the teacher's disbelieving friends.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Directions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48165778063618,"sku":"9780811220378","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2228\/7429\/files\/thebridegroomwasadog.jpg?v=1784668928","url":"https:\/\/shop.stlartsupply.com\/en-au\/products\/the-bridegroom-was-a-dog","provider":"St. Louis Art Supply","version":"1.0","type":"link"}