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El Mal de Portnoy / Portnoy's Complaint - by Philip Roth (Paperback)

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  • El mal de Portnoy, escrita en tono subversivo y directo, es un monólogo de un joven soltero judío que se confiesa con su psicoanalista en un lenguaje «íntimo, detallado y abusivo».
  • About the Author: Philip Roth (1933-2018) obtuvo el Premio Pulitzer en 1997 por Pastoral Americana.
  • 312 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary

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El mal de Portnoy, escrita en tono subversivo y directo, es un monólogo de un joven soltero judío que se confiesa con su psicoanalista en un lenguaje «íntimo, detallado y abusivo».

Portnoy, mal de [llamado así por Alexander Portnoy (1933- )]: trastorno en el que los impulsos altruistas y morales se experimentan con mucha intensidad, pero se hallan en perpetua guerra con el deseo sexual más extremado y, en ocasiones, perverso.

Al respecto dice Spielvogel: «Abundan los actos de exhibicionismo, voyeurismo, fetichismo y autoerotismo, así como el coito oral; no obstante, y como consecuencia de la "moral" del paciente, ni la fantasía ni el acto resultan en una auténtica gratificación sexual, sino en otro tipo de sentimientos, que se imponen a todos los demás: la vergüenza y el temor al castigo, sobre todo en forma de castración» (Spielvogel, O., «El pene confuso», Internationale Zeitschrift für Psychoanalyse, vol. XXIV, p. 909). Spielvogel considera que estos síntomas pueden remontarse a los vínculos que hayan prevalecido en la relación madre-hijo.

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The groundbreaking novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Pastoral that originally propelled its author to literary stardom: told in a continuous monologue from patient to psychoanalyst, this masterpiece draws us into the turbulent mind of one lust-ridden young Jewish bachelor named Alexander Portnoy.

One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years

"Deliciously funny . . . absurd and exuberant, wild and uproarious . . . a brilliantly vivid reading experience"--The New York Times Book Review

"Touching as well as hilariously lewd . . . Roth is vibrantly talented"--New York Review of Books

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.



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Reseña:
«Roth es el escritor más valiente de Estados Unidos. Es moralmente valiente, políticamente valiente. Y Portnoy es parte de esa valentía.»
Cynthia Ozick



About the Author



Philip Roth (1933-2018) obtuvo el Premio Pulitzer en 1997 por Pastoral Americana. En 1998 recibió la Medalla Nacional de las Artes en la Casa Blanca y, en 2002, el máximo galardón de la Academia Americana de las Artes y Letras, la Medalla de Oro de Narrativa, previamente otorgada a John Dos Passos, William Faulkner y Saul Bellow, entre otros. Ha sido galardonado en dos ocasiones con el National Book Award, el PEN/Faulkner Award y el National Book Critics Circle Award.

En 2005, La conjura contra América recibió el premio de la Society of American Historians, concedido a «su destacada novela histórica en 2003-2004 sobre un tema histórico norteamericano» y el Premio W.H. Smith por el mejor libro del año, convirtiendo a Roth en el primer escritor en ganarlo dos veces en los cuarenta y seis años de historia del premio.

En 2005, Roth se convirtió en el tercer escritor norteamericano vivo cuya obra publicó la Library of America en una edición completa y definitiva. En 2011 recibió la National Humanities Medal en la Casa Blanca, y fue nombrado posteriormente el cuarto ganador del Man Booker International Prize. En 2012 ganó el máximo galardón de España, el Premio Príncipe de Asturias, y en 2013 ganó el más prestigioso de Francia, el Comandante de la Legión de Honor.

Dimensions (Overall): 7.4 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W)
Weight: .81 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 312
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Publisher: Debolsillo
Format: Paperback
Author: Philip Roth
Language: Spanish
Street Date: November 4, 2025
TCIN: 1004221957
UPC: 9788483466308
Item Number (DPCI): 247-37-1854
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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