The Key & Diary of a Mad Old Man
“Japan’s great modern novelist É. Tanizaki created a lifelong series of ingenious variations on a diominan theme: the power of love to energize and destroy.”  --Chicago Tribune“The Keyis a story about sex and marriage that is as explicit as any novel on the theme sinceLady Chatterly’s Lover.”  --Time“The diarist Utsugi is an absolutely convincing creationÉfunny and ultimately appealing.”  --The Atlantic