Portnoy's Complaint
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark of American comic fiction, Portnoy's Complaint presents the unfiltered, neurotic confessions of Alexander Portnoy — a successful New York lawyer paralysed by guilt, desire, and the suffocating love of his overbearing Jewish mother. Delivered as a single, breathless monologue to his psychiatrist, the novel chronicles Portnoy's lifelong struggle between the rigid moral codes of his upbringing and the anarchic impulses of his libido. Philip Roth writes with savage wit and unflinching honesty, turning the psychoanalytic session into a vehicle for blistering social satire on mid-twentieth-century Jewish-American identity. First published in 1969, the novel caused immediate controversy and became an instant bestseller, cementing Roth's reputation as one of the most daring voices in contemporary literature. Raw, hilarious, and deeply human, it remains an essential and electrifying read.
Author: Philip Roth
Format: Paperback
Published: 1969, Penguin
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark of American comic fiction, Portnoy's Complaint presents the unfiltered, neurotic confessions of Alexander Portnoy — a successful New York lawyer paralysed by guilt, desire, and the suffocating love of his overbearing Jewish mother. Delivered as a single, breathless monologue to his psychiatrist, the novel chronicles Portnoy's lifelong struggle between the rigid moral codes of his upbringing and the anarchic impulses of his libido. Philip Roth writes with savage wit and unflinching honesty, turning the psychoanalytic session into a vehicle for blistering social satire on mid-twentieth-century Jewish-American identity. First published in 1969, the novel caused immediate controversy and became an instant bestseller, cementing Roth's reputation as one of the most daring voices in contemporary literature. Raw, hilarious, and deeply human, it remains an essential and electrifying read.