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Diary of a mad old man

Translated by Howard Hibbett

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Diary of a Mad Old Man records, with alternating humor and sadness, seventy-seven-year-old Utsugi’s discovery that even his stroke-ravaged body still contains a raging libido, especially in the unwitting presence of his chic, mysterious daughter-in-law.

japanese title: Futen rojin nikki
notes: Japanese title: Futen rojin nikki.
subjects: Older men
genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780679730248
OCLC number: 631543861
publisher: Knopf, 1965; Perigree Books, 1981; Vintage, 1991
publication place: New York; New York; New York
japanese publication date: 1961
english publication date: 1965
document type: Book
description: 177 p. 21 cm.
related: UNESCO collection of representative works: Japanese series