Diary of a Crazy Old Man (series by Junichiro Tanizaki)

About This Novel

The most mature work of Junichiro Tanizaki in his later years, a humorous and absurd work by the master of devilish aesthetics. I can do whatever I want at the end of my life, no matter how crazy the world laughs at me. The old man in his seventies has lost his health and ability to be romantic. While lingering on his sick bed, he projects his twisted desires on his young and beautiful daughter-in-law Sa Zi. Sa Zi is romantic and willful, and never refuses the old man's advances. The relationship between the two gradually became distorted. Sa Zi took advantage of the old man, was extravagant, and even brought his lover into his home; the old man enjoyed being trampled by Sa Zi and licking her toes, and regarded this as the craziest adventure at the end of his life. "Diary of a Mad Old Man" is a classic work depicting the psychology of the elderly. We can see the strong contrast between groups of images: the physical representation of weakness and the strong inner desires, the sense of doomsday incompetence and the drive of primitive power, sensual enjoyment and spiritual emptiness. Only through the diary can the old man reveal his desires and fears; only by reading the diary can readers understand the essence of Tanizaki Junichiro's demonic aesthetics.

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