Portnoy's Complaint, Roth, Philip
Publisher :Penguin Books
Title :Portnoy's Complaint
Date of first publication: 1969
Give a summary of the plot:
Alexander Portnoy is a Jewish man who lives in the United States.
He's visiting his psychiatrist to talk about his life. He tells him
about the life he's had. He starts with his youth. He describes how
he grew up in his Jewish environment. He tells the doctor about his
father and mother, and how they want him to be. Alexander himself has
other ideas. He shocks his parents with his ideas about the Jewish
religion and how he wants to be treaten. Later, when he's living on
his own, he wants to enjoy sexual life in a extreme way. He has loved
(?) many women, and with all of them he has had