Portnoy's Complaint is a 1969 American novel by Philip Roth. Its success turned Roth into a major celebrity, sparking a storm of controversy over its explicit and candid treatment of sexuality, including detailed depictions of masturbation using various props. The novel tells the humorous monologue of "a lust-ridden, mother-addicted young …
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Portnoy's Complaint is a 1969 American novel by Philip Roth. Its success turned Roth into a major celebrity, sparking a storm of controversy over its explicit and candid treatment of sexuality, including detailed depictions of masturbation using various props. The novel tells the humorous monologue of "a lust-ridden, mother-addicted young Jewish bachelor", who confesses to his psychoanalyst in "intimate, shameful detail, and coarse, abusive language." In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Portnoy's Complaint 52nd on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Time included this novel in its "TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005."
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- LibraryThing key:
- 7733
- BNF ID:
- 16687478d
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Portnoy's Complaint
288 pages
English language
Published Oct. 6, 2005
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- 978-0-09-939901-8Copied ISBN!
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- 43945
Portnoy's complaint
289 pages
English language
Published 1994
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- 978-0-679-75645-3Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 394964
Novels, 1967-1972
671 pages
English language
Published Aug. 18, 2005
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- 978-1-931082-80-8Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 11649
Portnoy's Complaint
274 pages
English language
Published 1969
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- 978-0-394-44198-6Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 902061
El lamento de Portnoy
254 pages
Spanish language
Published 1980 by Editorial Bruguera.
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- 978-84-02-07369-3Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 15343607
Portnoy et Son complexe
373 pages
French language
Published Oct. 17, 1973 by Éditions Gallimard.
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- 978-2-07-036470-1Copied ISBN!
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- 468230
Portnoy et son complexe
280 pages
French language
Published 1970 by Éditions Gallimard.
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- 978-2-07-010487-1Copied ISBN!
Portnoy et son complexe
273 pages
French language
Published May 21, 1970 by Éditions Gallimard.
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- 978-2-07-027337-9Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 926486
Portnoys Beschwerden
267 pages
German language
Published 2003 by Rowohlt Verlag.
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- 978-3-499-11731-2Copied ISBN!
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