In Portnoy’s Complaint, he describes his neuroses to his therapist, Dr. This guide was written using an eBook version of the 1994 First Vintage International Edition of Portnoy’s Complaint.Ĭontent Warning: Portnoy’s Complaint depicts antisemitism and an attempted rape.Īlexander Portnoy is a deeply neurotic, young, Jewish man.
Roth passed away in 2018 at the age of 85. Roth had a prolific writing career and won dozens of awards for his books, including the inaugural Franz Kafka Prize in 2001 and the Pulitzer Prize in 1998. Portnoy’s Complaint was his fourth novel, and the controversy surrounding it caused his fame to skyrocket. Roth was an established author before Portnoy’s Complaint was published his first book, Goodbye, Columbus, won the 1960 National Book Award.
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