Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Portnoy's Complaint (1969) is the American novel that turned its author Philip Roth into a major celebrity, sparking a storm of controversy over its explicit and candid treatment of sexuality, including detailed depictions of masturbation using various props including a piece of liver. The novel tells the humorous monologue of \"a lust-ridden, mother-addicted young Jewish bachelor,\" who confesses to his psychoanalyst in \"intimate, shameful detail, and coarse, abusive language.\" Many of its characteristics (comedic prose; themes of sexual desire and sexual frustration; a self-conscious literariness) went on to become Roth trademarks.In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Portnoy's Complaint 52nd on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Time included this novel in its \"TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.\""@en }
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- Portnoys_Complaint abstract "Portnoy's Complaint (1969) is the American novel that turned its author Philip Roth into a major celebrity, sparking a storm of controversy over its explicit and candid treatment of sexuality, including detailed depictions of masturbation using various props including a piece of liver. The novel tells the humorous monologue of \"a lust-ridden, mother-addicted young Jewish bachelor,\" who confesses to his psychoanalyst in \"intimate, shameful detail, and coarse, abusive language.\" Many of its characteristics (comedic prose; themes of sexual desire and sexual frustration; a self-conscious literariness) went on to become Roth trademarks.In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Portnoy's Complaint 52nd on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Time included this novel in its \"TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.\"".