The Bridegroom Was a Dog

A tale of passion and romance between a Japanese schoolteacher and a doglike man, from the prize-winning author of The Last Children of Tokyo

A propos de l'auteur

Yoko Tawada was born in Tokyo in 1960, moved to Hamburg when she was twenty-two, and then to Berlin in 2006. She writes in both Japanese and German, and has published several books-stories, novels, poems, plays, essays-in both languages. She has received numerous awards for her writing including the Akutagawa Prize, the Kleist-Prize, the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize, the Tanizaki Prize, and the Goethe Medal. New Directions publishes her story collections Where Europe Begins (with a Preface by Wim Wenders) and Facing the Bridge, and her novel of Catherine Deneuve obsession, The Naked Eye.MARGARET MITSUTANI was born in Pennsylvania. She has translated the works of Oe Kenzaburo, Kakuta Mitsuyo and Hayashi Kyoko.

Résumé

A tale of passion and romance between a Japanese schoolteacher and a doglike man, from the prize-winning author of The Last Children of Tokyo

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Yoko Tawada, Tawada Yoko
• Collaboration: Mitsutani Margaret (Traduction)
• Edition: Granta Books
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 02.05.2024
• EAN: 9781803511320
• ISBN: 978-1-80351-132-0
• Pages: 96
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 5 mm x 10 mm
• Poids: 185 g
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Magical Realism, Fiction in translation, FICTION / Absurdist, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary