The key
| Title | The key
and, Diary of a mad old man |
|---|---|
| Original title | Kagi |
| Author | Tanizaki, Junichiro; translated from the Japanese by Howard Hibbett |
| Publication | Vintage |
| Size | 356p |
| Language |  ENG |
| ISBN | 9781400079001 |
| Topics |
Japanese fiction--Translated into English Japanese fiction--Psychological |
| Notes | 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 themselvess or 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. |
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