The Key & Diary of a Mad Old Man
$31.74
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2004
Summary
These two modern classics by the great Japanese novelist Junichiro Tanizaki, both utilize the diary form to explore the authority that love and sex have over all.
In The Key, a middle-aged professor plies his wife of thirty years with any number of stimulants, from brandy to a handsome young lover, in order to reach new heights of pleasure. Their alternating diaries record their separate adventures, but whether for themselves or each other becomes the question.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781400079001 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1400079004 |
| Author: | Junichiro Tanizaki, Howard Hibbett |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2004 |
| Weight: | 306g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 132mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Vintage International |
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Critics Review
“Japan’s great modern novelist
“Japan’s great modern novelist É. Tanizaki created a lifelong series of ingenious variations on a diominan theme: the power of love to energize and destroy.” –Chicago Tribune“The Key is a story about sex and marriage that is as explicit as any novel on the theme since Lady Chatterly’s Lover.” –Time“The diarist Utsugi is an absolutely convincing creationÉfunny and ultimately appealing.” –The Atlantic
About The Author
Junichiro Tanizaki
Junichiro Tanizaki was born in Tokyo in 1886 and lived there until the earthquake of 1923, when he moved to the Kyoto-Osaka region, the scene of The Makioka Sisters. By 1930 he had gained such renown that an edition of his complete works was published. Author of more than twelve novels, he was awarded Japan’s Imperial Prize in Literature in 1949. Tanizaki died in 1965.
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