Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

'This Year I Intend To Begin Writing Freely About A Topic Which, In The Past, I Have Hesitated To Mention Even Here. I Have Always Avoided Commenting On My Sexual Relations With Ikuko, For Fear That She Might Surreptitiously Read My Diary And Be Offended-'So Begins The Key - A Forthright And Moving Tale Of A Middle-Aged Man Deeply In Love With His Younger Wife. In Spite Of That Love, They Have Grown Physically Apart, Each Unsure Of The Other'S Thoughts And Desires-Until The Day Ikuko Discovers The Key To Her Husband'S Diary With Its Desperate Hints Of Jealousy And Voyeurism. The Key, She Realises, To His Very Soul-

The Key

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I violently dislike my husband, and just as violently love him. No matter how much he disgusts me I shall never give myself to another man.

"You don't love me half as much as I love you," he says. "You consider me a necessity, a defective one at that. If you really love me you ought to be more passionate. You ought to agree to anything I ask."

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.

drill

sigh i want so desperately to like it more🥀i love diaries and the diary format so much... but like maybe the ambiguity of it all and the insincerity of everyone involved dispossesses a diary of what makes one enjoyable to read at all - the sincerity. maybe it’s an interesting—even good—dissection of imposed emotional austerity, it’s inhumanity, and how it manifests in sexuality (and obviously i like the dynamic between whats written and whats spoken, and how creepy everyone on is in general🙈) but idk.... something about it lacks to me... i would like to read it again in the future i think.......

Gulshan Hasanzada

20-ci əsr yapon ədəbiyyatının ən sevilən, dünyaca tanınan nümayəndələrindəndir müəllif.
Haqqında oxuduğuma görə əsərlərində eşqdən xüsusən kişi tərəfinin get gedə fiziki məhvinə şahid oluruq, elə The key əsəri də daxil.
The key Cuniçiro Tanizakinin oxuduğum ilk kitabıdır.
Mütləq digər kitablarını da oxuyacam.

Başda "bu günlüğü yazmaya niyet etmemin birinci nedeni, ben kocamın bir günlüğü olduğunu bildiğim halde, onun benim günlük tuttuğumu bilmemesinden kaynaklanan üstünlük duygusundan alacağım zevk." yazılır.

Bu üstünlük zövqü insana hər şeyi etdirər. Əgər münasibətdə tərəflərdən biri bu üstünlüyü əldə edirsə, qarşı tərəf bixəbər olsa da münasibət münasibətlikdən çıxır, qarşı tərəf digərinin oyuncağı olur.

Əsərdə iki qəhrəman - ər&arvadın ailə həyatının məhrəm tərəflərini izah etmək texnikası klassik texnikadan tamamilə fərqlənir, bütün hekayəni hər iki tərəfin eyni gündə öz şəxsi gündəliklərində yazdığı qeydlər əsasında öyrənirsən.

Müəllifin hekayəçilik qabiliyyəti ümumi olaraq yaxşıdı amma yetərincə inkişaf etməmiş mətn mədəniyyətidir sanki. İki ulduzu da burda qırdım. Başqa kitabları ümid edirəm daha güclü olar

The diaries of a husband and wife detail their feelings about the sexuality, love, and strength of their relationship, in The Key, while in Diary of a Mad Old Man, after suffering a stroke, an aging Japanese man records his sensual and philosophical experiences, thoughts, and desires, in two novels from the acclaimed Japanese novelist. Original.

And, Diary of a Mad Old Man

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Related Titles SOME PREFER NETTLES (1955); THE MAKIOKA SISTERS (1957); SEVEN JAPANESE TALES (1963); QUICKSAND; THE KEY; THE SECRET LORD OF MUSASHI and ARROWROOT; DIARY OF A MAD OLD MAN

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