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Belka, Why Don't You Bark?
Belka, Why Don't You Bark? | Hideo Furukawa
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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. -- VIZ Media
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shawnmooney
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I lost interest in this one, only reading a quarter of it before bailing. The (true?) stuff about the military dogs was rather interesting, but dogs do not make good literary characters, I don't think; it was the other part of the story, however, some weird International gangster-terrorist conspiracy that was somehow tied to the dogs, that I found to be so deeply uninteresting.

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Hobbinol Did he pee on a hotel bed with hookers too? You really seem to have cornered the market with dedications. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
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LeahBergen 🙁 7y
Lindy 🙁🙁 7y
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shawnmooney
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LeahBergen Wow. 😳 7y
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shawnmooney
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saresmoore 😳 These quotes today! What a variety. 7y
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shawnmooney
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Having loved his mystically zany memoir of the 2011 Fukushima tsunami, here I am starting one of the few of Furukawa's novels translated into English. And oh my god how's this for a historical backdrop for a novel about military dogs the Japanese leave behind when they retreat from these islands, and a story that apparently twists and turns in a sci-fi way?
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DeborahSmall This looks great 7y
lynneamch The first I learned about this was in a book club selection, which I recommend 7y
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