Label: Sexuality
Aznavour: a sex singer

Aznavour: a sex singer

Charles Aznavour is not known as the greatest provocateur of the last century, nor will he ever be considered an author of erotica. However, sex does feature in his work, with varying degrees of suggestion.
«Portnoy and his complex»

«Portnoy and his complex»

Portnoy et son complexe«, the 1969 novel that earned American author Philip Roth his sulphurous reputation, is a must-read. The author had already published a collection of short stories ten years earlier, »Goodbye, Columbus«, which was not a success. Nevertheless, Roth's obsessive themes were already present, starting of course with Jewishness. Like all geniuses, Roth is obsessive. Imagine a Tarantino who wasn't obsessive, or a Proust, a Polnareff, a Flaubert or a Kubrick. And there's one obsession that runs through the whole of »Portnoy and His Complex«: sex.