Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

The journals of a seventy-seven year old man recovering from a stroke and frustrated with the limitations of his decaying body sustain a novel of the tragicomedy of human existence.

Diary of a Mad Old Man

This book wasn't at all what I thought it would be. Not my cup of tea. I don't know why I decided to finish it instead of dnf it.

Khatliyn

While recovering from a stroke, seventy-seven-year-old Utsugi turns to his diary to wryly record his struggle with his ageing body and his growing desire for his beautiful daughter-in-law Satsuko, a chic, Westernised dancer with a shady past. Shining with a self-effacing humour, Tanizaki's last novel is a tragicomedy about desire and the will to survive.

Diary of a Mad Old Man

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