Portnoy's Complaint Paperback - 1994
by Philip Roth
Thrust through life by his unappeasable sexuality and at the same time held back by the iron grip of his childhood, Alexander Portnoy is one of Philip Roth's most intriguing and hilarious characters. "A deliciously funny book, absurd and exuberant, wild and uproarious".--The New York Times.
From the jacket flap
Portnoy's Complaint "n. [after Alexander Portnoy (1933- )] A disorder in which strongly-felt ethical and altruistic impulses are perpetually warring with extreme sexual longings, often of a perverse nature. Spielvogel says: 'Acts of exhibitionism, voyeurism, fetishism, auto-eroticism and oral coitus are plentiful; as a consequence of the patient's "morality," however, neither fantasy nor act issues in genuine sexual gratification, but rather in overriding feelings of shame and the dread of retribution, particularly in the form of castration.' (Spielvogel, O. "The Puzzled Penis," "Internationale Zeitschrift fur Psychoanalyse, Vol. XXIV, p. 909.) It is believed by Spielvogel that many of the symptoms can be traced to the bonds obtaining in the mother-child relationship.
With a new Afterword by the author for the 25th Anniversary edition.
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- Title Portnoy's Complaint
- Author Philip Roth
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1994-09-20
- ISBN 9780679756453 / 0679756450
- Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.2 x 0.8 in (20.32 x 13.21 x 2.03 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Religious Orientation: Jewish
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Library of Congress subjects Mothers and sons, Psychological fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94016661
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Entertainment Weekly, 07/05/2013, Page 100
- New York Times Book Review, 03/16/2014, Page 14
- Newsweek, 08/11/2008, Page 12
- Publishers Weekly, 09/26/1994, Page 0
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