{"product_id":"the-bridegroom-was-a-dog","title":"The Bridegroom Was a Dog","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Bridegroom Was a Dog\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eYoko Tawada\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780811239967\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eNew Directions\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2025\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eMasterfully turning the rules of folklore and fable on their head, \u003cem\u003eThe Bridegroom Was a Dog i\u003c\/em\u003es a disarming and unforgettable modern classic. Its initial publication in 1998 garnered admiration from \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, which praised it as a \"fast-moving, mysteriously compelling tale that has the dream quality of Kafka.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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 doglike man. A romantic -- and sexual -- courtship develops, much to the chagrin of her friends, who have suspicions about the man's identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"New Directions","offers":[{"title":"The Bridegroom Was a Dog | Yoko Tawada | Hardcover | 9780811239967 | New | Fiction 1686342","offer_id":50803906773250,"sku":"1686342","price":37.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/714KN2uZxhL.jpg?v=1792422539","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/the-bridegroom-was-a-dog","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}