# The Key & Diary of a Mad Old Man

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- Authors: [Jun'ichirō Tanizaki](https://www.bookquiver.com/junichiro-tanizaki), [Howard Hibbett](https://www.bookquiver.com/howard-hibbett)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2004-09-14

## Description

These two modern classics by the great Japanese novelist Junichiro Tanizaki, both utilize the diary form to explore the authority that love and sex have over all. In The Key, a middle-aged professor plies...

## Editions

### The Key & Diary of a Mad Old Man

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-14-0007-900-1
- Pages: 368
- Published: 2004-09-14
- Language: en_US