Goodbye, Columbus: And Five Short Stories
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER
"A masterpiece."—Newsweek
The prize-winning first book that instantly established Philip Roth as a major literary voice and as an unflinching, sharp observer of life—especially Jewish lives in postwar America. Goodbye, Columbus follows the relationship between Neil Klugman, a working-class kid from Newark, and pretty, Radcliffe-bound Brenda Patimkin from the wealthy suburbs. They embark on a summer affair that introduces Neil to a new and unsettling society of sex, leisure, and loss. The novella is accompanied by five remarkable short stories that illuminate the lives of the American Jewish diaspora.
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Goodbye, Columbus: And Five Short Stories
Goodbye, Columbus: And Five Short Stories
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER
"A masterpiece."—Newsweek
The prize-winning first book that instantly established Philip Roth as a major literary voice and as an unflinching, sharp observer of life—especially Jewish lives in postwar America. Goodbye, Columbus follows the relationship between Neil Klugman, a working-class kid from Newark, and pretty, Radcliffe-bound Brenda Patimkin from the wealthy suburbs. They embark on a summer affair that introduces Neil to a new and unsettling society of sex, leisure, and loss. The novella is accompanied by five remarkable short stories that illuminate the lives of the American Jewish diaspora.
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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER
"A masterpiece."—Newsweek
The prize-winning first book that instantly established Philip Roth as a major literary voice and as an unflinching, sharp observer of life—especially Jewish lives in postwar America. Goodbye, Columbus follows the relationship between Neil Klugman, a working-class kid from Newark, and pretty, Radcliffe-bound Brenda Patimkin from the wealthy suburbs. They embark on a summer affair that introduces Neil to a new and unsettling society of sex, leisure, and loss. The novella is accompanied by five remarkable short stories that illuminate the lives of the American Jewish diaspora.
