Goodbye, Columbus

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"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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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)