He emerged almost fully formed from a coddled upbringing in a pity bourgeois household in Newark Early stories were published in all the right places Goodbye Columbus his first collection won the national book award.

他几乎完全从纽瓦克一个可怜的资产阶级家庭的娇生惯养中成长起来，早期的故事在所有合适的地方出版再见哥伦布，他的第一部作品集获得了国家图书奖。