Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth
The novel is a first-person narrative, a monologue by a young Jewish man, Alexander Portnoy, who is speaking to his psychoanalyst. He shares his struggles with his identity as a Jewish man in America, his sexual fantasies and frustrations, his complex relationship with his overbearing mother, and his experiences of guilt and shame. The book uses humor and frank language to explore themes of identity, sexuality, and the Jewish experience in America.
The 147th greatest book of all time
- Published
- 1969
- Nationality
- American
- Type
- Fiction
- Pages
- 200-300
- Words
- 78,500
- Original Language
- English
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- 51st on The Greatest Books of All Time (Reader's Digest)
- 52nd on The Modern Library | 100 Best Novels (Modern Library)
- 63rd on Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Novels (Entertainment Weekly)
- 76th on The 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century (Folha de São Paulo)
- 96th on 100 Essential Books (Bravo! Magazine)
- 445th on Our Users' Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- TIME Magazine All Time 100 Novels (TIME Magazine)
- Harold Bloom's The Western Canon (The Western Canon (Book) by Harold Bloom)
- A Hundred Novels to Change Your Life (The Daily Mail)
- The Great American Novels (The Atlantic)
- 22 of the Funniest Novels Since ‘Catch-22’ (New York Times)
- Best Foreign Work of Fiction Chosen by Francophone Writers (French literary magazine Transfuge)
- 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (The Guardian)
- A Century of Reading (Lithub)
- 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.com (USA))
- Best Books Ever (bookdepository.com)
- 100 Best Novels Written in English (The Guardian)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
- The New York Public Library's Books of the Century (New York Public Library)