num_pages: 298
description: Philip Roth won the National Book Award for "Goodbye, Columbus", the story which gives this collection of stories its title. The story traces the love relationship of Neil, a young college boy, and Brenda, the spoilt but love-starved daughter of a wealthy manufacturer.
language: English
title: Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories
titlecomplete: Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories
characters: Neil Klugman, Brenda Patimkin
genres: 20th Century, Literature, American, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, Jewish, Short Stories, Fiction, Novella
ratings_count: 19628
places: Newark, New Jersey, Short Hills, New Jersey
awards: awardedAt: -315590400000
name: National Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: -315590400000
name: National Jewish Book Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt