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Portnoy's Complaint is a 1969 American novel by Philip Roth. [2] 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 including a piece of liver. [3]
- Philip Roth
- 1969
Jan 11, 2019 · Portnoy’s Complaint was not Philip Roth’s first novel, but it was the one that turned him into a celebrity. The book was highly controversial —loudly reviled and just as loudly praised—but most importantly: it was read.
Portnoy's Complaint is a highly controversial dark comedy set in the transformative 1960s. Written by Philip Roth in 1969, the novel reflects changing views on sexuality, Jewish identity, and...
May 23, 2018 · The indelible first sentence of Portnoy’s Complaint —per the epigraph, “A disorder in which strongly-felt ethical and altruistic impulses are perpetually warring with extreme sexual longings,...
- Alison Herman
Portnoy's Complaint blends fact and fiction to reveal the intricacies of daily life in vivid detail. As a masterful use of the new linguistic freedom of the 1960s, the novel serves as a lively ...
Feb 4, 2019 · Portnoy’s Complaint aimed to prove liberalism’s largest, most precious moral claim, that all orthodoxy is suspect, inherently wrong; that precisely because language and experience are relative, the principle of tolerance must be absolute.
Jun 26, 2020 · After decades of banned books, arrests and raids, Penguin Books Australia decided to take a stand against literary censorship. A new book tells the inside story.
