Diary of a Mad Old Man
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Product Information
| ISBN | 9780099285199 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Junichiro Tanizaki |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.170 |
| Publishing Date | 07/09/2000 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €13.92 |
| Tax | €0.83 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €14.75 |
| Availability | 17 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
Two or three times a day I think to myself: maybe I’ll die today.
While recovering from a stroke, seventy-seven-year-old Utsugi turns to his diary to wryly record his struggle with his ageing body. Though impotent and in pain he notes down his growing desire for his beautiful daughter-in-law Satsuko, a chic, Westernised dancer with a shady past. Written when the author himself was an old man and shining with self-effacing humour, Tanizaki’s last novel is a tragicomedy about desire and the will to survive.
‘Lightly comic, lyrically evocative and savagely cruel’ New York Times
‘An artistic masterpiece’ Irish Times