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Scintillating, elegant, darkly comic, The Key is the story of a dying marriage, told in the form of parallel diaries. After nearly thirty 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: brandy, a handsome young lover. During the day, they record their adventures of the previous night. When they begin to suspect each other of peeping into their respective diaries, it becomes unclear whether each spouse's confessions might not be intended for the other's eyes.

Translated from the Japanese by Howard Hibbett.
 
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January 2000 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0394431901Title: The Key
Author(s): Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
ISBN: 0-394-43190-1 / 978-0-394-43190-1 (USA edition)
Publisher: Random House
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1972 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B001HLAG0UTitle: The Key
Author(s): Junichiro Tanizaki
Publisher: Knopf
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January 1961 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B001NEC69KTitle: THE KEY
Author(s): Junichiro Tanizaki
Publisher: Knopf, New York
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January 1960 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B0023X5D18Title: The Key
Author(s): Junichiro Tanizaki
Publisher: Knopf
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1957 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B001F6SX7KTitle: The Key
Author(s): Junichiro Tanizaki
Publisher: Barzoi
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Paperback Editions

August 2004 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0099466872Title: The Key (Vintage Blue)
Author(s): Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
ISBN: 0-09-946687-2 / 978-0-09-946687-1 (UK edition)
Publisher: Vintage
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January 2002 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B002IGQA58Title: The Key
Author(s): Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
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September 2000 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0099289997Title: The Key (Vintage classics)
Author(s): Jun'ichiro Tanizaki, Junichiro
ISBN: 0-09-928999-7 / 978-0-09-928999-9 (UK edition)
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July 1991 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0679730230Title: The Key
Author(s): Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
ISBN: 0-679-73023-0 / 978-0-679-73023-1 (USA edition)
Publisher: Vintage
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July 1985 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 000654147XTitle: The Key
Author(s): Junichiro Tanizaki
ISBN: 0-00-654147-X / 978-0-00-654147-9 (UK edition)
Publisher: Flamingo
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January 1975 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000MFHNPSTitle: The Key
Author(s): Junichiro Tanizaki
Publisher: Charles E. Tuttle Co.
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1971 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B0006D1ZH8Title: The Key
Author(s): Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
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January 1968 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B001UBHT0WTitle: THE KEY
Author(s): Junichiro Tanizaki
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January 1962 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B001HZF0MUTitle: The Key
Author(s): Junichiro Tanizaki
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January 1961 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B002NAE7CMTitle: The Key.
Author(s): Junichiro. Tanizaki
Publisher: Secker & Warburg
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January 1960 : Mass Market Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B0026C092OTitle: The Key
Author(s): Junichiro Tanizaki
Publisher: Berkley
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Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0425019470Title: The Key
Author(s): Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
ISBN: 0-425-01947-0 / 978-0-425-01947-4 (USA edition)
Publisher: Penguin Putnam~mass
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Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0451020731Title: The Key
Author(s): Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
ISBN: 0-451-02073-1 / 978-0-451-02073-4 (USA edition)
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1981 : Unknown
Cover of ISBN: B0006E1TH8Title: The key
Author(s): Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
Publisher: Perigee Books
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January 1961 : Unknown
Cover of ISBN: B0007JKSTWTitle: The Key
Author(s): Junichiro Tanizaki
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1961 : Unknown
Cover of ISBN: B000JJNSMOTitle: THE KEY A Novel - Translated from the Japanese by Howard Hibbett.
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