The Bridegroom Was a Dog by Yoko Tawada Cars and not so recent

and not so recent

perfect for fans of sharp literary fiction that reflects and confronts our world

Add it to your shelf — and your soul

loosely translated as “Penguin of one’s life

but his adopted daughter has other plans

The Bridegroom Was a Dog by Yoko Tawada Cars and not so recentIn these three narratives, an ingenious story teller has created a new kind of fantasy, playful yet vaguely sinister, laced with her own brand of humor, which reviewers have labeled variously as funky, mischievous, weird, and hilarious. The author was in her early thirties when the title story won her countrys highest literary award. In The Bridegroom Was a Dog, an offbeat cram school teacher tells her pupils a story about a little princess whose hand