Belka, Why Don't You Bark

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The history of the contemporary world, as seen through the story of WWII military dogs and their descendants.

Belka, Why Dont You Barkbegins in 1943, when Japanese troops retreat from the Aleutian island of Kiska, leaving four military dogs behind. One of them dies in isolation, and the others are taken under the protection of U.S. troops. Meanwhile, in the USSR, a KGB military dog handler kidnaps the daughter of a Japanese yakuza. Named after the Russian astronaut dog Strelka, the girl develops a psychic connection with canines. A multi-generational epic as seen through the eyes of mans best friend, the dogs who are used as mere tools for the benefit of humankind gradually discover their true selves, and learn something about us.

Belka, Why Dont You Bark begins in 1943, when Japanese troops retreat from the Aleutian island of Kiska, leaving four military dogs behind. One of them dies in isolation, and the others are taken under the protection of U.S. troops. Meanwhile, in the USSR, a KGB military dog handler kidnaps the daughter of a Japanese yakuza. Named after the Russian astronaut dog Strelka, the girl develops a psychic connection with canines. A multi-generational epic as seen through the eyes of mans best friend, the dogs who are used as mere tools for the benefit of humankind gradually discover their true selves, and learn something about us.

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Hideo Furukawa was born in Fukushima in 1966. He dropped out of Waseda Universitysliterature program. He was nominated for the Naoki Prize with Belka, Why Dont You Bark in 2005 and won the Mishima Yukio Prize with Love in 2006. Furukawa has been active in giving readings as an expression of literature and has collaborated beyond the genre of fiction in fields including music, art, and dance.