Belka, Why Don't You Bark?
2005
First Published
3.03
Average Rating
368
Number of Pages
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.
Avg Rating
3.03
Number of Ratings
174
5 STARS
13%
4 STARS
18%
3 STARS
34%
2 STARS
26%
1 STARS
8%
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Author
Hideo Furukawa
Author · 5 books
Hideo Furukawa is a novelist based in Tokyo. He has received the Noma Literary New Face Prize, the Mystery Writers of Japan Award, the Japan SF Grand Prize, and the Yukio Mishima Award. (from http://cup.columbia.edu/book/horses-h...)
