Diary of a mad old man
ISBN: | 0679730249, 9780679730248 |
OCLC Number: | 631543861 |
Material Type: | Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
Author: | Junichiro Tanizaki |
Translator: | Howard Hibbett |
Language: | en |
Publisher: | Knopf, 1965; Perigree Books, 1981; Vintage, 1991 |
Publication Place: | New York; New York; New York |
Japanese Copyright Year: | 1961 |
English Publication Date: | 1965 |
Notes: | Japanese title: Futen rojin nikki. |
Related: | UNESCO collection of representative works: Japanese series |
Abstract: | Diary of a Mad Old Man records, with alternating humor and sadness, seventy-seven-year-old Utsugi’s discovery that even his stroke-ravaged body still contains a raging libido, especially in the unwitting presence of his chic, mysterious daughter-in-law. |
Subjects: | Junichiro Tanizaki, Translations into English Older men, Fiction |