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Etgar Keret

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Born

in Ramat Gan, Israel

August 20, 1967

Website

https://www.etgarkeret.com/

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Short Stories, Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction

Member Since

July 2013

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Born in Ramat Gan in 1967, Etgar Keret is a leading voice in Israeli literature and film. His books have been published in over four dozen languages and his writing has appeared in The New York Times, Le Monde and The New Yorker, among others. His awards include the Cannes Film Festival's "Caméra d'Or" (2007), the Charles Bronfman Prize (2016) and the prestigious Sapir Prize (2018). Over a hundred short films and several feature films have been based on his stories. Keret teaches creative writing at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Since 2021, he has been publishing the weekly newsletter "Alphabet Soup" on Substack. ...more

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While I was writing this story, Iran fired a missile at Israel. I didn’t know that, because the alert didn’t go off on my phone. In my story, the protagonist is enjoying an ice cream at the beach right now. Like me, he knows nothing about the missile. If he looks anxious, it’s not the missile. There are no missiles in this story. If he’s stressed out

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	The Seven Good Years by Etgar Keret (Goodreads Author), Sondra Silverston (Translator), Miriam Shlesinger (Translator) 4.15 avg rating — 9,168 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God and Other Stories by Etgar Keret (Goodreads Author), Miriam Schlesinger (Translator) 3.94 avg rating — 8,111 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	פתאום דפיקה בדלת 3.91 avg rating — 8,126 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nimrod Flipout by Etgar Keret (Goodreads Author), Sondra Silverston (Translator), Miriam Shlesinger (Translator) 3.94 avg rating — 5,561 ratings — published 2002 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fly Already 4.03 avg rating — 4,680 ratings — published 2018 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl on the Fridge by Etgar Keret (Goodreads Author), Miriam Shlesinger (Translator), Sondra Silverston (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 3,795 ratings — published 2006 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Missing Kissinger by Etgar Keret (Goodreads Author), Miriam Shlesinger (Translator), Sondra Silverston (Translator) 4.01 avg rating — 2,509 ratings — published 1994 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kneller's Happy Campers 4.08 avg rating — 2,361 ratings — published 1998 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pizzeria Kamikaze by Etgar Keret (Goodreads Author), Asaf Hanuka (illustrator), Miriam Shiesinger (Translator) 3.68 avg rating — 2,274 ratings — published 2004 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Autocorrect: Stories by Etgar Keret (Goodreads Author), Jessica Cohen (Translator), Sondra Silverston (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 1,087 ratings — published 2025 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It's amazing how people can sound like retards when they're talking to their girlfriend, especially if they really love her a lot. Because when you're just fucking someone you make a point of keeping your cool, but when you're really in love - it can sound pretty repulsive.”
― Etgar Keret, The Nimrod Flipout

tags: love

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“Translators are like ninjas. If you notice them, they’re no good.”
― Etgar Keret

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“There are two kinds of people, those who like to sleep next to the wall, and those who like to sleep next to the people who push them off the bed.”
― Etgar Keret, The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God and Other Stories

tags: dichotomy

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The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt

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The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara

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The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich

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Missing Kissinger by Etgar Keret

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