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Goodbye, Columbus
- Author
- Philip Roth
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 17 October 2023
- Run Time
- 9 hours 6 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning writer of explosive wit, merciless insight, and a fierce compassion comes a novella that illuminates the subterranean conflicts between parents and children and friends and neighbors in the American Jewish diaspora.
Goodbye, Columbus is the story of Neil Klugman and pretty, spirited Brenda Patimkin. Neil comes from poor Newark, while Brenda is of suburban Short Hills. On one summer break, they meet 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.
Philip Roth’s award-winning first book instantly established its author’s acclaimed reputation.
Critics Review
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“A masterpiece.”
Newsweek
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“Superior, startling, incandescently alive.”
New Yorker
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“The true gift demonstrated here is Roth’s amazing deadpan wit.”
Publishers Weekly
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“The subjects are not unusual—a young man on the make socially, intellectually and amorously; love and middle-age; the problems of growing up, etc.—But Mr. Roth’s treatment of his characters and themes is notable in its intensity, masterly fusing of esthetic approaches, Salinger-like ear for dialogue, humor, and maturity of outlook.”
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Details
- Author
- Philip Roth
- Narrator
- Jonathan Davis, Robert Fass, Ramiz Monsef
- Duration
- 9 hours 6 minutes
- Release Date
- 17 October 2023
- ISBN
- 9798212382724
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary, Fiction: general and literary, Religious and spiritual fiction, Short stories
Synopsis
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning writer of explosive wit, merciless insight, and a fierce compassion comes a novella that illuminates the subterranean conflicts between parents and children and friends and neighbors in the American Jewish diaspora.Goodbye, Columbus is the story of Neil Klugman and pretty, spirited Brenda Patimkin. Neil comes from poor Newark, while Brenda is of suburban Short Hills. On one summer break, they meet 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.Philip Roth’s award-winning first book instantly established its author’s acclaimed reputation.
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