Portnoy's Complaint Audio Book CDs Unabridged

Portnoy's Complaint
Author: Philip Roth
Reader: Ron Silver

The outrageous confession by the Huck Finn of Newark who is thrust through life by his unappeasable sexuality, yet held back at the same time by the iron grip of his unforgettable childhood. A tour de force of comic and carnal brilliance, and probably the funniest book about sex ever written. First published in 1969. "An American masterwork."—Life » Read More

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M8H641

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Audio CDs ( 7 )

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$34.99

Publish Date: 11/10/2009
ISBN: 9780061986413

Synopsis:

Philip Roth's 1969 novel--brilliant, bawdy, shocking, and hilarious--tapped into the so-called "sexual revolution" of the late 1960s in its eagerness to break taboos. Its confessional frankness and irreverent take on family life changed American literature forever. Structured in the form of a long session with his psychoanalyst, the book explores lawyer Alexander Portnoy's failures as a man and a lover. Portnoy's troubles can be traced to the repressive, hypocritical, and anti-Semitic culture in which he was raised--and more specifically, in his mind, to his comically overbearing Jewish mother. The book was not only a best-seller; it has been called one of the best American novels ever. Echoing the tradition of the great Jewish standup comics like Lenny Bruce and Mort Sahl, PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT went on to influence such famously neurotic American pop culture icons as Woody Allen and Jerry Seinfeld.

Author Bio:

Philip Roth is the son of an insurance manager (Milton Roth, whose life is described in his son's book PATRIMONY) from Newark, New Jersey. He grew up in Newark and earned both critical praise and popular success in 1959 for his first book, GOODBYE, COLUMBUS, a novella and collection of short stories. Since then, Roth has published a number of novels, as well as an autobiography. He has been one of the leading American novelists of the late 20th century, and many of his novels have aroused controversy for their unvarnished, often satirical depictions of Jewish Americans, neurosis, sexual obsession, and the writing life.

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