![]() In other words, does Roth simply transfer Kepesh from one novel to another, or does he create an entirely new character? Although possessed of a strong spirit of adventure, Kepesh appears smart enough to understand that his sex drive functions as the instrument for his right to. ![]() Through the ordeal of this almost surrealistic metamorphosis the seeds of the immature Rothian adolescence ripen to a sexually mature professor who daringly exposes his encounters in The Professor of Desire (1977).Īlthough David Kepesh of The Breast returns as The Professor of Desire (1977), critics have engaged in a debate as to whether he does so in name only. The imbued characteristics of a traditional Jewish home life are exposed more frankly Kepesh de-mystifies his past with the help of Dr. The hilarious fantasies of Portnoy's Complaint are more realistically and painfully examined in The Breast. ![]()
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