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Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories
298 pages · 1993 · Rating 4.1
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The first book published by Phillip Roth, "Goodbye, Columbus," explores issues of both class and Jewish assimilation into American culture and won the National Book Award in 1960. The novella tells the story of Neil Klugman, a young man from Newark, New Jersey, who becomes involved in an affair with Brenda Patimkin, a pretty and spirited girl from suburban Short Hills, New Jersey.
