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en-wikipedia-org-7043		Goodbye, Columbus - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	2640	267	74	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. In addition to the title novella, set in Short Hills, 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". The book was a critical success for Roth and won the 1960 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.[2] The book was not without controversy, as people within the Jewish community took issue with Roth's less than flattering portrayal of some characters.[3] The short story Defender of the Faith, about a Jewish sergeant who is exploited by three shirking, coreligionist draftees, drew particular ire. A New York Yiddish theater song of 1926 (seven years before Philip Roth's birth) includes lyrics whose translation is "I'm going home....I'm going to Palestine....Goodbye, Columbus."[9] The rhythm of this Jewish song is that of a march.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7043.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7043.txt