{"product_id":"diary-of-a-mad-old-man","title":"Diary of a Mad Old Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo or three times a day I think to myself: maybe I'll die today.While recovering from a stroke, seventy-seven-year-old Utsugi turns to his diary to wryly record his struggle with his ageing body. Though impotent and in pain he notes down his growing desire for his beautiful daughter-in-law Satsuko, a chic, Westernised dancer with a shady past. Written when the author himself was an old man and shining with self-effacing humour, Tanizaki's last novel is a tragicomedy about desire and the will to survive. Lightly comic, lyrically evocative and savagely cruel'and New York Times An artistic masterpiece'and Irish Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Junichiro Tanizaki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44213295644732,"sku":"9780099285199","price":2595.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/9780099285199_201.jpg?v=1776709610","url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/products\/diary-of-a-mad-old-man","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}