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Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth (1994, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100679756450
ISBN-139780679756453
eBay Product ID (ePID)171495
Product Key Features
Book TitlePortnoy's Complaint
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPsychological, Coming of Age, Literary, Humorous / General, Jewish
Publication Year1994
GenreFiction
AuthorPhilip Roth
Book SeriesVintage International Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight7.6 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN94-016661
Reviews"Roth is the bravest writer in the United States. He's morally brave, he's politically brave. And Portnoy is part of that bravery." -Cynthia Ozick, Newsday "Deliciously funny...absurd and exuberant, wild and uproarious... a brilliantly vivid reading experience."-- New York Times Book Review "Simply one of the two or three funniest works in American fiction." - Chicago Sun-Times "Touching as well as hilariously lewd.... Roth is vibrantly talented...as marvelous a mimic and fantasist as has been produced by the most verbal group in human history." -Alfred Kazin, New York Review of Books, "Roth is the bravest writer in the United States. He's morally brave, he's politically brave. And Portnoy is part of that bravery." --Cynthia Ozick, Newsday "Deliciously funny ... absurd and exuberant, wild and uproarious ... a brilliantly vivid reading experience." -- New York Times Book Review "Simply one of the two or three funniest works in American fiction." -- Chicago Sun-Times "Touching as well as hilariously lewd.... Roth is vibrantly talented ... as marvelous a mimic and fantasist as has been produced by the most verbal group in human history." --Alfred Kazin, New York Review of Books, "Roth is the bravest writer in the United States. He's morally brave, he's politically brave. And Portnoy is part of that bravery." --Cynthia Ozick, Newsday "Deliciously funny...absurd and exuberant, wild and uproarious...a brilliantly vivid reading experience." -- New York Times Book Review "Simply one of the two or three funniest works in American fiction." -- Chicago Sun-Times "Touching as well as hilariously lewd.... Roth is vibrantly talented...as marvelous a mimic and fantasist as has been produced by the most verbal group in human history." --Alfred Kazin, New York Review of Books, "Roth is the bravest writer in the United States. He's morally brave, he's politically brave. AndPortnoyis part of that bravery." -Cynthia Ozick,Newsday "Deliciously funny...absurd and exuberant, wild and uproarious... a brilliantly vivid reading experience."--New York Times Book Review "Simply one of the two or three funniest works in American fiction." -Chicago Sun-Times "Touching as well as hilariously lewd.... Roth is vibrantly talented...as marvelous a mimic and fantasist as has been produced by the most verbal group in human history." -Alfred Kazin,New York Review of Books
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal813/.5/4
SynopsisThe groundbreaking novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Pastoral that originally propelled its author to literary stardom: told in a continuous monologue from patient to psychoanalyst, this masterpiece draws us into the turbulent mind of one lust-ridden young Jewish bachelor named Alexander Portnoy. One of The Atlantic 's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years "Deliciously funny . . . absurd and exuberant, wild and uproarious . . . a brilliantly vivid reading experience"-- The New York Times Book Review "Touching as well as hilariously lewd . . . Roth is vibrantly talented" --New York Review of Books 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 für 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., The groundbreaking novel that propelled its author to literary stardom: told in a continuous monologue from patient to psychoanalyst, Philip Roth's masterpiece draws us into the turbulent mind of one lust-ridden young Jewish bachelor named Alexander Portnoy. 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 f r 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.
LC Classification NumberPS3568.O855P67 1994
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- 30 Mar, 2017
second reading
i read it years ago when i was young.i thought that i would reread it again i enjoyed it so much the fist time,Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 05 Nov, 2022
One of the best coming of age novels!!!!!
Philip Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint — is just a wonderfully funny and unique coming of age book. We love to read it at least once a year. A must read!!!!
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- 30 Mar, 2025
This book should have been banned but I ...
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- 15 Nov, 2018
Local interest.
It was written with location where I was brought up.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
