Goodbye, Columbus

Tells the story of Neil Klugman and pretty, spirited Brenda Patimkin, he of poor Newark, she of suburban Short Hills, who meet one summer and fall into an affair that is as much about social class and suspicion as it is about love. This novella is accompanied by five short stories - sometimes iconoclastic, sometimes elegiac.

Spune povestea lui Neil Klugman si a frumoasei si energice Brenda Patimkin, el din saracul Newark, ea din suburbia Short Hills, care se intalnesc intr-o vara si au o aventura amoroasa care este la fel de mult despre clasa sociala si suspiciune, cat si despre dragoste. Aceasta nuvela este insotita de cinci povestiri scurte - uneori iconoclaste, alteori elegiace.