![]() ![]() Delineating the conflict between traditional and contemporary morals as manifested in a young, Jewish American man’s search for identity, the title novella revived an enduring controversy (which had begun two years earlier with Roth’s first New Yorker story) over whether his satirical treatment of Jewish themes constituted anti- Semitism. Philip Roth first achieved prominence in 1959 with the publication of Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories, for which he won the National Book Award. Originally published in Critical Insights: Philip Roth, Edited by Aimee Pozorski (2013) Courtesy of Salem Press, a Division of EBSCO Publishing ![]()
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