The Key

Good book. To me a but sad and erotic.

Interesting but not riveting

Arrived in excellent condition. I would gladly order again!

I really liked this book. I thought it was well crafted, well paced and smart. It has you making assumptions and re-evaluating assumptions in the same breath. I would reccomend this as it's a very decent book.

This is a very fascinating book, beautifully written, absolutely love it.

This book was an awesome read in a really obscure way.

JAPANA whole twisted level of erotic debauchery hidden under layers of traditional, cultural propriety.

The Key is an erotic masterpiece by Tanizaki. Erotic but not explicit.It is written in diary form, detailing the daily lives and thoughts of a husband and his younger wife....Also it speaks of their desires, loves and lusts. When the wife Ikuko discovers her husbands dairy she finds the "key" to his soul and what exactly he thinks of her. Then the psychological games begin....does he know she reads his diary? That he loves her so much? That he gets so jealous? Who is being honest? There are so many complex relationships and odd sexual fetishes in this slim novel, it gives you a lot to mull over. Even the end could be read in different ways, as you are never quite sure with all the mind games being played. So many lies, or is it the truth?This is a great Japanese author at his finest, Worthwhile looking at his other novels.