Diary of a Mad Old Man

Name: Diary of a Mad Old Man
Rating: 3.375 (4 reviews)
Author: Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
ISBN: 9780099285199

by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Howard Hibbett

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144 pages1961Penguin Random HouseISBN 9780099285199

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About this book

While recovering from a stroke, seventy-seven-year-old Utsugi turns to his diary to wryly record his struggle with his ageing body and his growing desire for his beautiful daughter-in-law Satsuko, a chic, Westernised dancer with a shady past. Shining with a self-effacing humour, Tanizaki's last novel is a tragicomedy about desire and the will to survive.

Publication Details

Publisher: Penguin Random House
Published: 1961
Pages: 144
ISBN: 9780099285199
Language: en

About Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

> Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (谷崎潤一郎, Tanizaki Jun'ichirō, 24 July 1886 – 30 July 1965) was a Japanese author who is considered to be one of the most prominent figures in modern Japanese literature. The tone and subject matter of his work ranges from shocking depictions of sexuality and destructive erotic obsessions to subtle portrayals of the dynamics of family life within the context of the rapid changes in 20th-century Japanese society. Frequently, his stories are narrated in the context of a search for cultural identity in which constructions of the West and Japanese tradition are juxtaposed. >He was one of six authors on the final shortlist for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964, the year before his death. --- [From Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jun%27ichir%C5%8D_Tanizaki)