| The Key & Diary of a Mad Old Man Contributor(s): Tanizaki, Junichiro (Author), Hibbett, Howard (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1400079004 ISBN-13: 9781400079001 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2004 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004303252 |
| Lexile Measure: 860 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.22" W x 8.02" (0.61 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |