Etgar Keret

"The seven years between the birth of Etgar Keret's son and the death of his father were good years, though still full of reasons to worry. Lev is born in the midst of a terrorist attack. Etgar's father gets cancer. The threat of constant war looms over their home and permeates daily life"--

A Memoir

The Seven Good Years

Offers a collection of warped and candid stories, including "Goodman," "Breaking the Pig," and "The Story about a Bus Driver who Wanted to be God.".

The Bus Driver who Wanted to be God & Other Stories

From a "genius" (New York Times) storyteller: a new, subversive, hilarious, heartbreaking collection. The thread that weaves these pieces together is our inability to communicate, to see so little of the world around us and to understand each other even less.

Stories

Fly Already

Collects early short stories by the Israeli author, on various topics including war, relationships, and aging.

The Girl on the Fridge

Tanrı Olmak İsteyen Otobüs Şoförü

A bestseller in Israel, this volume of short stories--from a case of impotence cured by a pet terrier to a pessimistic Middle Eastern talking fish--is an extraordinary collection from the preeminent Israeli writer of his generation.

The Nimrod Flipout

Master short story writer Etgar Keret turns his hand to a longer tale, Kneller’s Happy Campers, which was recently turned into the cult film Wristcutters: A Love Story, starring Tom Waits and Shannon Sossamon.

Kneller's Happy Campers

Combines absurd, humorous, and poignant themes that reveal the fierce humanity of characters in surreal situations.

Suddenly, a Knock on the Door

Samir El-Youssef

Avi Pardo

Gazze blues

Buzdolabının Üstündeki Kız

Featuring stories in which many of the characters are waiting for something to change their lives, 'Missing Kissinger' describes the search for ultimate happiness. As is often the case, the unexpected can - and usually does - occur."

Missing Kissinger

Absurde verhalen over het hedendaagse Israël.

Kapı birden vuruldu

Two writers, Israeli Etgar Keret and Palestinian Samir El-youssef, have engaged in a challenging and provocative artistic collaboration, producing a book of short stories and a novella exploring different aspects of a fraught and complex situation. Their darkly humorous tales reflect the dreams and nightmares of living in Israel today and during the first Intifada. All of Keret's collections have been best-sellers in Israel and have been translated to high acclaim around the world - into seventeen languages so far - and now, for the first time into English in the UK.

Etgar Keret

Books

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