The Bridegroom Was a Dog Book Cover

The Bridegroom Was a Dog


A Literary Fiction Short Story

Buy from Amazon

Publisher Description

Internationally acclaimed author Yoko Tawada's most famous — and bizarre — tale.

The Bridegroom Was a Dog is perhaps the Japanese-German writer Yoko Tawada's most famous story. Its initial publication in 1998 garnered admiration from The New Yorker.

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 dog-like man. They develop a very sexual, romantic courtship with many allegorical overtones — much to the chagrin of her friends.

More Yoko Tawada

Follow This Author

Sign up & we'll email you when a new title is available for pre-order or hits the bookshelf

Little Stacks of Modern & Literary Fiction

Get Free & Discounted eBooks

Curated reads, irresistible prices—subscribe now

Save the books you can't wait to read

Create a free account to build your TBR, follow the authors who inspire you, and never miss a release.

Already a member? Log in

Your fiction library, organized

Create a free account to keep track of every book you've read, follow the authors who inspire you, and never miss their next release.

Already a member? Log in