Why people recommend it
Goodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth is a celebrated early collection of fiction exploring the lives and internal cultural fractures of American Jews. On The Book Review episode 'Dinosaurs, the Master of Horror and Philip Roth', Tony Scott discussed the way the book examines internal divisions and varying communities of Jewish people in America. In another episode titled 'Barry Jenkins and Meg Wolitzer on Two of This Season's Novels on Screen', Dwight Garner admitted that the 1969 film adaptation starring Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw was a secret favorite of his, despite his mixed feelings toward screen adaptations of Roth's broader bibliography. Furthermore, in 'Blake Bailey on Writing His Life of Philip Roth', biographer Blake Bailey noted that the breakthrough work emerged fully formed when the author was only twenty-five years old, subsequently earning him the National Book Award at age twenty-six and launching his literary career with remarkable early acclaim.
Who recommended it
- Tony Scott Discussed
- Dwight Garner Discussed
- Blake Bailey Discussed
Tony Scott — 1 mention
“I mean goodbye Columbus where he starts is all about the internal fractures within American Community different kinds of Jews”
Dwight Garner — 1 mention
“a secret favorite of mine Philip rothus had hit and miss I guess Lu more more misses than hits a film of his or based on one of his books that I actually really like is goodby Columbus the 1969 movie with Richard Benjamin and Alie McGraw and I have a theory a theory about why that movie flopped”
Blake Bailey — 1 mention
“goodbye Columbus sprung from the head of Zeus when he was 25 and won him the national book award at age 26”
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Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“and of course goodbye Columbus all those early books of Roth were talked about in our house a lot”