About the Book: The Bridegroom Was a Dog
Mitsuko, a schoolteacher at the Kitamura school, inspires both rumour and
curiosity in the parents of her students because of her unconventional
manner-not least when she tells the children the fable of a princess whose hand
in marriage is promised to a dog she is intimate with. And when a young man with
sharp canine teeth turns up at the schoolteachers home and declares hes here to
stay, the romantic-and sexual-relationship that develops intrigues the
community, some of whom have suspicions about the mans identity and motives.
Masterfully turning the rules of folklore and fable on their head,