Goodbye, Columbus

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novella short story collection

"Goodbye, Columbus" is a 1959 novella and story collection by Philip Roth that satirically explores Jewish-American identity, class, and assimilation in postwar America.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Goodbye, Columbus canonical	5
Goodbye, Columbus (1969 film)	1
Goodbye, Columbus (novella)	1
Goodbye, Columbus (uncredited work)	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	novella ⓘ short story collection ⓘ
adaptedInto	Goodbye, Columbus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Goodbye, Columbus (1969 film)
author	Philip Roth ⓘ
awarded	National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Book Award for Fiction
awardYear	1960 ⓘ
containsWork	Defender of the Faith ⓘ Eli, the Fanatic ⓘ Epstein ⓘ Goodbye, Columbus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Goodbye, Columbus (novella) The Conversion of the Jews ⓘ You Can’t Tell a Man by the Song He Sings ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticalReception	widely acclaimed upon release ⓘ
explores	conflicts between tradition and modernity ⓘ romantic relationships across class lines ⓘ tensions between working-class and affluent Jews ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear	1969 ⓘ
firstEditionFormat	hardcover ⓘ
genre	Jewish-American literature ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ satire ⓘ
hasISBN	9780394411504 ⓘ
literaryMovement	postwar American literature ⓘ
literarySignificance	Philip Roth’s first major published book ⓘ
mainTheme	Jewish-American identity ⓘ assimilation ⓘ postwar American society ⓘ social class ⓘ
notableCharacter	Brenda Patimkin ⓘ Neil Klugman ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
publicationYear	1959 ⓘ
publisher	Houghton Mifflin ⓘ
setInCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
setInPeriod	post–World War II era ⓘ
settingRegion	New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: New Jersey New York metropolitan area ⓘ
subjectMatter	American suburban life ⓘ materialism in mid-20th-century America ⓘ

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Philip Roth → notableWork → Goodbye, Columbus ⓘ

Jewish American literature → hasNotableWork → Goodbye, Columbus ⓘ

Stanley R. Jaffe → notableWork → Goodbye, Columbus ⓘ

Arnold Schulman → notableWork → Goodbye, Columbus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Goodbye, Columbus (uncredited work)

Ralph Rosenblum → notableWork → Goodbye, Columbus ⓘ

Philip → notableWork → Goodbye, Columbus ⓘ

subject surface form: Philip Roth

Goodbye, Columbus → containsWork → Goodbye, Columbus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Goodbye, Columbus (novella)

Goodbye, Columbus → adaptedInto → Goodbye, Columbus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Goodbye, Columbus (1969 film)