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The Key. Diary of a Mad Old Man

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Tanizaki Jun'ichirō (1886-1965) is one of the most prominent Japanese writers of the 20th century, achieving international acclaim. Among his many works, the most famous are two novels: The Key and Diary of a Mad Old Man. The publication of The Key in 1956 provoked a stormy public reaction, leading to debates in the Japanese Diet about banning the novel as immoral and pornographic. A similar scandal followed the publication of Diary of a Mad Old Man, just three years before the author's death. Both of these works are striking in their vitality, frank eroticism, and fearless depictions of the most subtle, intimate human relationships. A subtle stylist, an unrivaled master of literary allusions, a bold experimenter who was never afraid, and often sought to shock, the venerable reader, transformed banal stories into a parable about man's ineradicable desire for a full life and the impossibility of coming to terms with old age and death.
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