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Fly Already: Stories by Etgar Keret
Category: Fiction
From a "genius" (New York Times) storyteller: a new, subversive, hilarious, heart-breaking collection. "There is sweetheartedness and wisdom and eloquence and transcendence in his stories because these virtues exist in abundance in Etgar himself... I am very happy that Etgar and his work are in the worl ...Show more
GIRL ON THE FRIDGE by ETGAR KERET
Category: Short Stories
A birthday-party magician whose hat tricks end in horror and gore; a girl parented by a major household appliance; the possessor of the lowest IQ in the Mossad--such are the denizens of Etgar Keret's dark and fertile mind. "The Girl on the Fridge "contains the best of Keret's first collections, the ones ...Show more
Gaza Blues by Etgar Keret & Samir El-Youssef
Category: Fiction
Fiction without borders by two leading writers from the Middle EastInspired by the belief that their fiction can coexist even if their nations appear unable to do the same, Israeli Etgar Keret and Palestinian Samir El-youssef have engaged in a provocative artistic collaboration.In Gaza Blues, Keret and ...Show more
Jetlag by Etgar Keret
Category: Judaica
A drab travelling salesman who falls in love with a Romanian circus aerialist; a young woman who lives next to the entrance to Hell; a magician who loses control of his magic tricks; a piggy bank named Margolis; and a young girl who claims that she is a porn obsessed dwarf are on a flight to nowhere. Th ...Show more
Kneller's Happy Campers by Etgar Keret
Category: Fiction
"Kneller's Happy Campers" is a strange, dark but funny tale set in a world very much like our own but it's an afterlife populated by people who have killed themselves - many of them are young, and most of them bear the marks of their death...bullet wounds, broken necks...(those who have over-dosed are k ...Show more
Missing Kissinger (UK PB) by Etgar Keret
Category: Fiction
'Etgar Keret's short stories are fierce, funny, full of energy and insight, and at the same time they are often deep, tragic and very moving' - Amos Oz At a children's tea party, a magician tries to pull a rabbit out of a hat, but takes out only its head; a young man has a mother and girlfriend who eac ...Show more
SUDDENLY A KNOCK AT THE DOOR (US VERSION) by ETGAR KERET
Category: Short Stories
Bringing up a child, lying to the boss, placing an order in a fast-food restaurant: in Etgar Keret's new collection, daily life is complicated, dangerous, and full of yearning. In his most playful and most mature work yet, the living and the dead, silent children and talking animals, dreams and waking l ...Show more
Seven Good Years by Etgar Keret
Category: Biography
A brilliant, life-affirming, and hilarious memoir from a "genius" (The New York Times) and master storyteller. With illustrations by Jason Polan. 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 ...Show more
Suddenly A Knock On The Door by Etgar Keret
Category: Fiction
Etgar Keret is an ingenious and original master of the short story. Hilarious, witty and always unusual, declared a 'genius' by the New York Times, Keret brings all of his prodigious talent to bear in this, his sixth bestselling collection. Long a household name in Israel, where he has been declared the ...Show more
Tel Aviv Noir by Etgar Keret
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Akashic Noir
Tel Aviv is in many ways the cultural capital of Israel, and it is home to many of the country's best writers. This unparalleled collection gives insight into the daily life of Israelis, albeit through a noir lens. In spite of its outwardly warm and polite exterior, Tel Aviv has quite a bit to hide - ju ...Show more