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The Key

The Key( )
Author: Tanizaki, Jun'ichiro
Series title:Vintage Classics Ser.
ISBN:978-0-09-928999-9
Publication Date:Oct 2000
Publisher:Penguin Random House
Imprint:Arrow
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $27.99
Book Description:

This is the diary of a middle-aged man who is deeply in love with his younger wife, Ikuko. In spite of that love, the pair have grown physically apart, each unsure of the other's desires...until the day Ikuko discovers her husband's diary with its desperate hints of jealousy and voyeurism. Ikuko realises she has found the key to his very soul.

Book Details
Pages:176
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Literary
Fiction / Sagas
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):13.1 x 20 x 1.1 cm
Book Weight:0.134 Kilograms
Author Biography
Tanizaki, Jun'Ichiro (Author)
Jun'ichiro Tanizaki was born in Tokyo, Japan on July 24, 1886. He was a modern Japanese novelist, whose writing is characterized by eroticism and ironic wit. His novels include Some Prefer Nettles, The Makioka Sisters, The Key, and Diary of a Mad Old Man. In 1949, he won the Asahi Prize and was awarded the Order of Culture by the Japanese government. He died of a heart attack on July 30, 1965.

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