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Autor: Etgar Keret
Rok wydania: 2008
Okładka: miękka
Ilość stron: 224
ISBN: 978[zasłonięte][zasłonięte]94981
Cena detaliczna: 34,00
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Opis:A beguiling, savagely funny collection of stories…he’ll leave you with more questions than answers but you’ll feel all the better for it Daniel Trilling New Statesman
'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
A magician tries to pull a rabbit out of a hat, but takes out only its head; a guy brings a girl home with him for the first time only to find that his best friend has pissed on his doorstep; a young man graduates from Magician School but soon discovers that he can't do everything; two drunk students do battle with a pavement and win; someone has a mother and a girlfriend who hate each other's guts, and they both demand that he gives them the other one's heart... many of the characters in these stories are waiting for something to change their lives, many of them can't quite reach ultimate happiness, some of them are sick, some are abandoned, and most have trouble communicating. The unexpected can, and usual does, happen.
Etgar Keret's stories are very short - and every word counts. They are quick, brief and precise, and they move us without hesitation. They are hilarious and off-the-wall, yet also dark, sometimes violent, and often intensely poignant. They are, in short, brilliant.
A collection of short, surreal fragments that place the reader in peculiar and often moving worlds Metro
Etgar Keret is a writer to be taken seriously Yann Martel
Etgar Keret is the voice of young Israel Independent
Etgar Keret's extraordinary imagination sets the reader free from slogans and headlines Linda Grant
Keret’s surreal conceits are couched in a wry, downbeat language…The effect is something like a sorrowful hybrid of Kafka and Donald Barthelme: deadpan on the surface, with a bassnote of discomfort and emotional alienation that makes even the briefest tales snag in the mind…Each piece is at once universal and particular…world-class gems. The translation is brilliant, too Tim Martin Daily Telegraph
Many of the very short stories in this collection are more thought-provoking than the average novel Independent on Sunday
One of the greatest short story writers alive Ben Rice
One of the most important writers alive... enchantingly witty Clive James
These are 46 horror stories from Israel, though they acrobatically shape-shift from the poltical to the fabulous, and are outwardly comic… I enjoyed these wild, blackly inventive pieces very much at times Todd McEwan Guardian
This collection of short stories is easily one of the most memorable, moving and laugh-aloud-funny books you’ll read in a long time Hepzibah Anderson Daily Mail
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