{"product_id":"goodbye-columbus-and-five-short-stories-isbn-9780063499676","title":"Goodbye, Columbus: And Five Short Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A masterpiece.\"\u003ci\u003e—Newsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe prize-winning first book that instantly established Philip Roth as a major literary voice and as an unflinching, sharp observer of life\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eespecially Jewish lives in postwar America.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoodbye, Columbus\u003c\/i\u003e follows the relationship between Neil Klugman, a working-class kid from Newark, and pretty, Radcliffe-bound Brenda Patimkin from the wealthy suburbs. They embark on a summer affair that introduces Neil to a new and unsettling society of sex, leisure, and loss. The novella is accompanied by five remarkable short stories that illuminate the lives of the American Jewish diaspora.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Superior, startling, incandescently alive.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A masterpiece.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Unlike those of us who come howling into the world, blind and bare, Mr. Roth appears with nails, hair, teeth, speaking coherently. He is skilled, witty, energetic and performs like a virtuoso.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaul Bellow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48588004917477,"sku":"NP9780063499676","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/goodbye-columbus-and-five-short-stories-isbn-9780063499676","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}