Asaf Hanuka, Author, Etgar Keret, Author, Miriam Shiesinger, Translator . Alternative Comics $14.95 (100p) ISBN 978-1-891867-90-3
Adapted by Israeli writer Keret from his own short story, and drawn by Hanuka, this rather slight graphic novel was originally serialized in the comic Bipolar
. Narrator Mordy is a 20-something slacker who's killed himself, only to discover that the
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Etgar Keret. Riverhead, $26.95 (192p) ISBN 978-1-59463-326-3
In this slim, episodic set of recollections, acclaimed Israeli fiction writer Keret (The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God) covers the span between the birth of his son and the death of his father. In spare, wry prose, he recounts his child’s birth,...
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Etgar Keret, trans. from the Hebrew by Miriam Shlesinger, Sondra Silverston, and Nathan Englander. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $14 trade paper (192p) ISBN 978-0-374-53333-5
In this slim volume of flash fiction and short stories, Israeli author/filmmaker Keret (The Nimrod Flipout; the film Jellyfish) writes with alternating Singeresque magical realism and Kafkaesque absurdity, to mixed effect. Bookended by cautionary...
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Etgar Keret, read by various narrators. Macmillan Audio, unabridged, four CDs, 5 hrs., $24.99 ISBN 978-1-4272-2694-5
An all-star roster of narrators masterfully performs the audio edition of Keret’s latest collection, which mixes humor, emotion, absurdity, morality, and humility. Each story in the collection brings a new narrator, including Robert Wisdom, Ira...
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Etgar Keret, trans. from the Hebrew by Sondra Silverston et al., read by Alex Karpovsky. Penguin Audio, , unabridged, 3 CDs, 3.5 hrs., $25 ISBN 978-1-61176-416-1
Karpovsky, a prolific young actor and filmmaker best known for his roles in HBO’s Girls, brings tremendous attention to detail and emotional depth to the new nonfiction title from Israeli fiction writer Keret. Keret chronicles the eventful time...
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Etgar Keret, Author, Rutu Modan, Illustrator , illus. by Rutu Modan. Candlewick $16.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7636-2247-3
This fresh and beguiling domestic fantasy from an Israeli team centers on a father who follows his bliss to the Big Top. Audrey and Zach, Dad's children, serve as the story's joint narrators, and Keret, making his picture-book debut,...
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Etgar Keret, Author, Miriam Shlesinger, Translator, Sondra Silverston, Translator , trans. from the Hebrew by Miriam Schlesinger and Sondra Silverston. Farrar, Straus & Giroux $12 (167p) ISBN 978-0-374-22243-7
Keret, an Israeli writer who also writes children's books and collaborates with illustrators on graphic stories and novels, specializes in brainteasing short short stories reminiscent of the "Shouts and Murmurs" section of the New...
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Etgar Keret, Author, Miriam Shlesinger, Translator, Sondra Silverston, Translator , trans. from the Hebrew by Miriam Shlesinger and Sondra Silverston. Farrar, Straus & Giroux $12 (171p) ISBN 978-0-374-53105-8
Advocates of flash fiction contend you can say a lot with a little. Unfortunately, you can also say a little with a little. Israeli writer Keret (The Nimrod Flipout
) confirms both with this hodgepodge of 46 sketches, culled from his first...
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Etgar Keret, Author, Actus Tragicus, Illustrator . Toby Press $12.95 (90p) ISBN 978-1-59264-155-0
First published as a limited edition in 1999, this anthology presents five short stories by popular Israeli author Keret adapted into comics by the five members of the Actus Tragicus collective. Keret's tales are brief, surreal fables that set...
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Etgar Keret, Author, Etgar Kerrett, Author . St. Martin's $19.95 (176p) ISBN 978-0-312-26188-7
In this collection of antic tales, Israeli writer Keret chronicles the bitter ironies that determine his characters' daily lives. Set in contemporary Israel, Keret's brief stories—most are three to five pages long—juxtapose a...
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Etgar Keret, trans. from the Hebrew by Sondra Silverston et al. Riverhead, $27 (224p) ISBN 978-1-59463-327-0
Keret (The Seven Good Years) balances gravitas and drollery in this collection of 23 pieces. Stories often begin with declarative sentences—“I celebrate the kid’s birthday the day after.”—that presume an intimacy with the reader and immediately...
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