History Literature / GoodbyeColumbus

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In ''Goodbye, Columbus'', Neil Klugman from Newark falls in love with Brenda Patimkin from Short Hills. As they come from different socioeconomic backgrounds, the novella focuses a great deal on this aspect of their relationship, and the disparity between the worlds they come from becomes more and more marked as the story progresses, leading to their eventual break-up. A subplot involves a black boy repeatedly visiting the library where Neil works and reading a tome of Gauguin reproductions, something which upsets the latter's supervisors.

''Goodbye, Columbus'' is Creator/PhilipRoth's first book, published in 1959. It is a collection of the titular novella and five short stories.

!!!'''Goodbye, Columbus'''

In ''Goodbye, Columbus'', Neil Klugman from Newark falls in love with Brenda Patimkin from Short Hills. As they come from different socioeconomic backgrounds, the novella focuses much on this aspect of their relationship, and the disparity between the worlds they come from becomes more marked as the book progresses, leading to their eventual break-up. A subplot involves a black boy repeatedly visiting the library where Neil works and reading a tome of Gauguin reproductions, something which upsets the latter's supervisors.

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!!!'''The Conversion of the Jews'''

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!!!'''Defender of the Faith'''

!!!'''Epstein'''

!!!'''You Can't Tell a Man by the Song That He Sings'''

!!!'''Eli the Fanatic'''

In ''Eli the Fanatic'', Eli Peck, a lawyer, is asked to force a newly formed Yeshivah to leave the progressive community of Woodenton, where Gentiles and Jews have peacefully coexisted since the end of WWII. However, the Headmaster, Leo Tzuref, refuses to do so, and the conversations he and Eli have cause the latter to question his rejection of his own identity.

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The novella was adapted into a 1969 film starring Creator/RichardBenjamin and Ali [=MacGraw=].

!!!Goodbye, Columbus

!!!The Conversion of the Jews

!!!Defender of the Faith

!!!Epstein

!!!You Can't Tell a Man by the Song That He Sings

!!!Eli the Fanatic

!!Defender of the Faith

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!!Goodbye, Columbus

!!The Conversion of the Jews

!!Epstein

!!You Can't Tell a Man by the Song That He Sings

!!Eli the Fanatic

The novella was adapted into a 1969 film starring Richard Benjamin and Ali [=MacGraw=].

In ''Goodbye, Columbus'', Neil Klugman from Newark, New Jersey falls in love with Brenda Patimkin from Short Hills. As they come from different socioeconomic backgrounds, the novella focuses much on this aspect of their relationship, and the disparity between the worlds they come from becomes more marked as the book progresses, leading to their eventual break-up. A subplot involves a black boy repeatedly visiting the library where Neil works and reading a tome of Gauguin reproductions, something which upsets the latter's supervisors.

In ''Goodbye, Columbus'', Neil Klugman from Newark, NJ, falls in love with Brenda Patimkin from Short Hills. As they come from different socioeconomic backgrounds, the novella focuses much on this aspect of their relationship, and the disparity between the worlds they come from becomes more marked as the book progresses, leading to their eventual break-up. A subplot involves a black boy repeatedly visiting the library where Neil works and reading a tome of Gauguin reproductions, something which upsets the latter's supervisors.

''Goodbye, Columbus'' is Creator/PhilipRoth's first book. It is a collection of the titular novella and five short stories.

In Goodbye, Columbus, Neil Klugman from Newark, NJ, falls in love with Brenda Patimkin from Short Hills. As they come from different socioeconomic backgrounds, the novella focuses much on this aspect of their relationship, and the disparity between the worlds they come from becomes more marked as the book progresses, leading to their eventual break-up. A subplot involves a black boy repeatedly visiting the library where Neil works and reading a tome of Gauguin reproductions, something which upsets the latter's supervisors.

In ''The Conversion of the Jews", Oscar Freedman, 13, going through a phase of religious skepticism, is shown in conflict with the rabbi of his local Hebrew school, Rabbi Binder. After Binder slaps him during a heated argument, he climbs on the roof in a confused attempt to escape, and, after the locals mistakenly believe that he has been threatening to jump, forces them all, and especially his mother, the rabbi and the janitor, Yakov Blotnik, to accept Virgin Mary's Immaculate Conception.

!!You Can't Tell A Man by the Song That He Sings

In ''Defender of the Faith'', Nathan Marx, a sergeant at Camp Crowder, meets private Sheldon Grossbart, who, along with two of his friends, Halpern and Fishbein, attempt to avoid their scheduled duties (such as G.I. parties), citing religious obligations. After Grossbart discovers that Marx is also a Jew, he repeatedly tries to induce guilt in him by appealing to their common ethnic identity in order to gain his sympathy and be granted passes. At some point, Marx becomes weary of his manipulation, and sends him over to the Pacific (which Grossbart had initially managed to avoid by pulling some string).