Goodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth 1966 Modern Library 1st Edition

Description: Goodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth is a short story in a book with 5 other short stories. It is an American classic of immigration, religion and class status. It will ship via Media Mail (slow and cheap). If you want it mailed faster but more expensive, contact me. From Wikipedia: The title story of the collection, Goodbye, Columbus, was an irreverent look at the life of middle-class Jewish Americans, satirizing, according to one reviewer, their "complacency, parochialism, and materialism." It was controversial with reviewers, who were highly polarized in their judgments.[8]The story is told by the narrator, Neil Klugman, who is working in a low-paying position in the Newark Public Library. He lives with his Aunt Gladys and Uncle Max in a working-class neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey. One summer, Neil meets and falls for Brenda Patimkin, a student at Radcliffe College who is from a wealthy family living in the affluent suburb of Short Hills. The novella explores the classism which afflicts the relationship, despite the fact that Brenda's father, Ben, came from the same environment as Neil. The issue of ethnic assimilation is intrinsic, as Brenda is more assimilated than Neil. All our proceeds go to our little library, so THANKS!

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