Belka, Why Don't You Bark?

Hardback

Main Details

Title Belka, Why Don't You Bark?
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Hideo Furukawa
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:368
Dimensions(mm): Height 152,Width 229
Category/GenreScience fiction
ISBN/Barcode 9781421549378
ClassificationsDewey:895.636
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Imprint Haikasoru
Publication Date 8 November 2012
Publication Country United States

Description

The history of the contemporary world, as seen thr Belka, Why Don't 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 man's 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.

Author Biography

Hideo Furukawa was born in 1966. After working as an editor, freelance writer, and stage director, he made his debut in 1998 with 13 (Thirteen). In 2002, he won the Mystery Writers of Japan Prize and the Japan Science Fiction Award for Arabia no yoru no shuzoku (The Arabian nightbreeds), a fantasy novel set in 13th-century Egypt. His other major novels include SOUNDTRACK and the Mishima Prize-winner Love.