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Portnoy's Complaint n. [after Alexander Portnoy (1933- )] A disorder in which strongly-felt ethical and altruistic impulses are perpetually warring with extreme sexual longings, often of a perverse nature. Spielvogel says: 'Acts of exhibitionism, voyeurism, fetishism, auto-eroticism and oral coitus are plentiful; as a consequence of the patient's "morality," however, neither fantasy nor act issues in genuine sexual gratification, but rather in overriding feelings of shame and the dread of retribution, particularly in the form of castration.' (Spielvogel, O. "The Puzzled Penis," Internationale Zeitschrift für Psychoanalyse, Vol. XXIV, p. 909.) It is believed by Spielvogel that many of the symptoms can be traced to the bonds obtaining in the mother-child relationship.
With a new Afterword by the author for the 25th Anniversary edition.
With a new Afterword by the author for the 25th Anniversary edition.
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Joan L. (Philip Roth can do no wrong in my eyes. This is the story of a man torn between his life as a righteous Jew and his sex addiction, particularly for "shiksas". This is full of Jewish reference, and I'm not sure one would care for it if they did not understand what it is to be Jewish and raised on Jewish guilt. Nonetheless, a great book!
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