![]() ![]() His sexual urges are becoming too much and he needs to change but is unsure how. It’s through our protagonist’s eyes, Alexander Portnoy, that we experience his hardships, his falls, and his weaknesses with little compromise.Īlexander has a problem and he knows it. Portnoy’s Complaint is: ‘A disorder in which strongly felt ethical and altruistic impulses are perpetually warring with extreme sexual longings, often of a perverse nature.’ Philip Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint Alexander Portnoy But I’m here to review the book and what I think makes it so great. ![]() Portnoy’s Complaint Book ReviewĬriticism of this book involves it’s over-sexualisation, its use of Jewish stereotypes, and its candid nature in general. I think it was the controversy surrounding the man who drew me in.Ĭould this book really be as grotesque as others were making out? Would it be ‘ worse’ than Sabbath’s Theatre? I had to find out. However, there was something about Roth that was different. Most of the time when I click on one of these they go straight in my ‘ to-read’ list and are forgotten about. I was scrolling through Goodreads and he was a suggested read. I’m not sure how I discovered Philip Roth. I feel it’s important to tell you this as reading Portnoy’s Complaint made me fall in love with Philip Roth the writer. ![]() Portnoy’s Complaint is the second Philip Roth book that I ever read, Sabbath’s Theatre being my first. ![]()
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