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Vintage International Ser.: The Key and Diary of a Mad Old Man by Jun'Ichiro Tanizaki (2004, Trade Paperback)

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 themselvesor each other becomes the question. Diary of a Mad Old Man records, with alternating humor and sadness, seventy-seven-year-old Utsugi's discovery that even his stroke-ravaged body still contains a raging libido, especially in the unwitting presence of his chic, mysterious daughter-in-law.

Lc Classification Number
Pl839.A7k313 2004
Reviews
"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 Keyis a story about sex and marriage that is as explicit as any novel on the theme sinceLady Chatterly's Lover." --Time "The diarist Utsugi is an absolutely convincing creationÉfunny and ultimately appealing." --The Atlantic, "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
Copyright Date
2004
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2004-303252
Dewey Decimal
895.6/344
Series
Vintage International Ser.
Dewey Edition
22
Number of Pages
368 Pages

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