The bridegroom Was a Dog Author:Yoko Tawada "Once upon a time there was a little princess who was still too young to wipe herself after she went to the lavatory, and the woman assigned to look after her was too lazy to do it for her, so she used the call the princess's favorite black dog and say, 'If you lick her bottom clean, one day she'll be your bride,' and in time the princess hersel... more »f began looking forward to that day..." This book was awarded the Akutagawa Prize.« less