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''Goodbye, Columbus'' is a 1959 collection of fiction by the American novelist Philip Roth, comprising the title novella "Goodbye, Columbus"—which first appeared in ''The Paris Review''—and five short stories. It was his first book and was published by Houghton Mifflin. In addition to the title novella, set in New Jersey, ''Goodbye, Columbus'' contains the five short stories "The Conversion of the Jews," "Defender of the Faith," "Epstein," "You Can't Tell a Man by the Song He Sings," and "Eli, the Fanatic." Each story deals with the concerns of second and third-generation assimilated American Jews as they leave the ethnic ghettos of their parents and grandparents and go on to college, to white-collar professions, and to life in the suburbs. The book was a critical success for Roth and won the 1960 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction〔 ("National Book Awards – 1960" ). National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-30. (With acceptance speech by Roth and essays by Larry Dark and others (five) from the Awards 60-year anniversary blog.)〕 That earned his name as an up-and-coming young writer. The book was not without controversy, as people within the Jewish community took issue with Roth's less than flattering portrayal of some characters.〔Zucker, David J. ("Roth, Rushdie, and rage: religious reactions to Portnoy and The Verses." ) ''BNET''. 2008. 17 July 2010.〕 The short story ''Defender of the Faith'', about a Jewish sergeant who is exploited by three shirking, coreligionist draftees, drew particular ire. When Roth in 1962 appeared on a panel alongside the distinguished black novelist Ralph Ellison to discuss minority representation in literature, the questions directed at him became denunciations.〔Kapkan, Justin (September 25, 1988). ("Play It Again, Nathan" ). ''The New York Times''.〕 Many accused Roth of being a self-hating Jew, a label that stuck with him for years.〔("Profile: Philip Roth: Literary hit man with a 9/11 bullet in his gun." ) ''The Times''. 19 September 2004. 17 July 2010.〕 It is often speculated that the obscene comedy of ''Portnoy's Complaint'' (1969) was Roth's defiant reply to early Jewish critics. The title novella was made into the 1969 film ''Goodbye, Columbus'', starring Ali MacGraw and Richard Benjamin. ==Novella== 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.〔Brauner (2005), pp.43-7〕 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 assimilation is intrinsic, since Brenda is more assimilated than Neil. The title, ''Goodbye, Columbus'' refers to a record that Brenda's brother Ron listens to from his years as an athlete at The Ohio State University, further proof of the Patimkins' success at assimilation. As the story proceeds, Neil finds that their relationship is falling apart. Thus, the title may be seen as a metaphor for Neil saying goodbye to the affluent, assimilated world of the Patimkins. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Goodbye, Columbus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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