NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER From the Pulitzer Prize-winnning writer of explosive wit, merciless insight, and a fierce compassion comes "a masterpiece" (Newsweek) that illuminates the subterranean conflicts between parents and children and friends and neighbors in the American Jewish diaspora.
Roth's award-winning first book instantly established its author's reputation. Goodbye, Columbus is the story of Neil Klugman and pretty, spirited Brenda Patimkin, he of poor Newark, she of suburban Short Hills, who meet one summer break and dive into an affair that is as much about social class and suspicion as it is about love. The novella is accompanied by five short stories that range in tone from the iconoclastic to the astonishingly tender.
| ISBN: | 9780679748267 |
| Publication date: | 13th January 1994 |
| Author: | Philip Roth |
| Publisher: | Vintage Books an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 298 pages |
| Series: | Vintage International |
| Genres: |
General Fiction Narrative theme: Coming of age Religious and spiritual fiction |
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER From the Pulitzer Prize-winnning writer of explosive wit, merciless insight, and a fierce compassion comes "a masterpiece" (Newsweek) that illuminates the subterranean conflicts between parents and children and friends and neighbors in the American Jewish diaspora.
Roth's award-winning first book instantly established its author's reputation. Goodbye, Columbus is the story of Neil Klugman and pretty, spirited Brenda Patimkin, he of poor Newark, she of suburban Short Hills, who meet one summer break and dive into an affair that is as much about social class and suspicion as it is about love. The novella is accompanied by five short stories that range in tone from the iconoclastic to the astonishingly tender.
Goodbye, Columbus features in the following genres: General Fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Religious and spiritual fiction
Goodbye, Columbus is available in Ebook, Paperback
Goodbye, Columbus was written by Philip Roth and published by Vintage Books an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Goodbye, Columbus has 298 pages
Yes it is part of Vintage International series