The Key & Diary of a Mad Old Man

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. 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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 09/14/2004
ISBN: 9781400079001
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.22w x 0.78d

Review Citations: Library Journal 01/15/2005 pg. 172
Library Journal 01/01/2005