The key
By: Junichiro Tanizaki ; translated from the Japanese by Howard Hibbett.
Edition: 1st Vintage international ed.
Series: Vintage international
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
Subjects: Married people -- Fiction.; Adultery -- Fiction.; Japan -- Fiction.
Description: The story of a dying marriage, told in the form of parallel diaries. After nearly 30 years of marriage, a dried-up, middle-aged professor frenziedly strives for new heights of carnal pleasure with his repressed, dissatisfied wife, resorting to stimulants galore for her. During the day, they record their adventures of the previous night.
Notes: Translation of: Kagi.