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Girl on the Fridge : Stories by Etgar Keret (2008, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux

ISBN-100374531056

ISBN-139780374531058

eBay Product ID (ePID)63176465

Product Key Features

Book TitleGirl on the Fridge : Stories

Number of Pages192 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2008

TopicShort Stories (Single Author)

GenreFiction

AuthorEtgar Keret

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight8.3 Oz

Item Length8.3 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2007-047876

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Reviews"Keret is a brilliant writer . . . completely unlike any writer I know. He is the voice of the next generation." -- Salman Rushdie "Keret may be the most important writer working in Israel right now; certainly he is the closest observer of its post-intifada, post-Oslo spiritual condition. And astonishingly, he is also the Israeli writer closest to the literary tradition of pre-Israel, pre- Holocaust European Jewry . . . Kafka said that literature should be an ax to break the frozen sea within us. Keret is a writer whaling at the ice with a Wiffle ball bat." -- Stephen Marche, The Forward "Short, strange, funny, deceptively casual in tone and affect, stories that sound like a joke but aren't--Etgar Keret is a writer to be taken seriously." -- Yann Martel "Keret can do more with six . . . paragraphs than most writers can with 600 pages." -- Kyle Smith, People, "Keret is a brilliant writer . . . completely unlike any writer I know. He is the voice of the next generation." -Salman Rushdie "Keret may be the most important writer working in Israel right now; certainly he is the closest observer of its post-intifada, post-Oslo spiritual condition. And astonishingly, he is also the Israeli writer closest to the literary tradition of pre-Israel, pre- Holocaust European Jewry . . . Kafka said that literature should be an ax to break the frozen sea within us. Keret is a writer whaling at the ice with a Wiffle ball bat." -Stephen Marche, The Forward "Short, strange, funny, deceptively casual in tone and affect, stories that sound like a joke but aren't-Etgar Keret is a writer to be taken seriously." -Yann Martel "Keret can do more with six . . . paragraphs than most writers can with 600 pages." -Kyle Smith, People, Keret is a brilliant writer . . . completely unlike any writer I know. He is the voice of the next generation., "Keret may be the most important writer working in Israel right now; certainly he is the closest observer of its post-intifada, post-Oslo spiritual condition. And astonishingly, he is also the Israeli writer closest to the literary tradition of pre-Israel, pre- Holocaust European Jewry . . . Kafka said that literature should be an ax to break the frozen sea within us. Keret is a writer wailing at the ice with a Wiffle ball bat." --Stephen Marche, "The Forward ""Short, strange, funny, deceptively casual in tone and affect, stories that sound like a joke but aren't--Etgar Keret is a writer to be taken seriously." --Yann Martell "Keret can do more with six . . . paragraphs than most writers can with 600 pages." --Kyle Smith, "People", "Keret is a brilliant writer, unlike anyone I've read. He is the voice of the next generation."--Salman Rushdie "Keret may be the most important writer working in Israel right now; certainly he is the closest observer of its post-intifada, post-Oslo spiritual condition. And astonishingly, he is also the Israeli writer closest to the literary tradition of pre-Israel, pre- Holocaust European Jewry . . . Kafka said that literature should be an ax to break the frozen sea within us. Keret is a writer wailing at the ice with a Wiffle ball bat." --Stephen Marche, "The Forward ""Short, strange, funny, deceptively casual in tone and affect, stories that sound like a joke but aren't--Etgar Keret is a writer to be taken seriously." --Yann Martell "Keret can do more with six . . . paragraphs than most writers can with 600 pages." --Kyle Smith, "People", Short, strange, funny, deceptively casual in tone and affect, stories that sound like a joke but aren't--Etgar Keret is a writer to be taken seriously., "Keret is a brilliant writer . . . completely unlike any writer I know. He is the voice of the next generation." -Salman Rushdie "Keret may be the most important writer working in Israel right now; certainly he is the closest observer of its post-intifada, post-Oslo spiritual condition. And astonishingly, he is also the Israeli writer closest to the literary tradition of pre-Israel, pre- Holocaust European Jewry . . . Kafka said that literature should be an ax to break the frozen sea within us. Keret is a writer whaling at the ice with a Wiffle ball bat." -Stephen Marche,The Forward"Short, strange, funny, deceptively casual in tone and affect, stories that sound like a joke but aren't-Etgar Keret is a writer to be taken seriously." -Yann Martel "Keret can do more with six . . . paragraphs than most writers can with 600 pages." -Kyle Smith, People, Keret may be the most important writer working in Israel right now; certainly he is the closest observer of its post-intifada, post-Oslo spiritual condition. And astonishingly, he is also the Israeli writer closest to the literary tradition of pre-Israel, pre- Holocaust European Jewry . . . Kafka said that literature should be an ax to break the frozen sea within us. Keret is a writer whaling at the ice with a Wiffle ball bat., "Keret is a brilliant writer, unlike anyone I've read. He is the voice of the next generation."-Salman Rushdie "Keret may be the most important writer working in Israel right now; certainly he is the closest observer of its post-intifada, post-Oslo spiritual condition. And astonishingly, he is also the Israeli writer closest to the literary tradition of pre-Israel, pre- Holocaust European Jewry . . . Kafka said that literature should be an ax to break the frozen sea within us. Keret is a writer wailing at the ice with a Wiffle ball bat." -Stephen Marche,The Forward "Short, strange, funny, deceptively casual in tone and affect, stories that sound like a joke but aren't-Etgar Keret is a writer to be taken seriously." -Yann Martell "Keret can do more with six . . . paragraphs than most writers can with 600 pages." -Kyle Smith, People, "I read this book in bed beside my boyfriend who was reading a much less interesting book and I kept shouting 'Wow' and 'No way' and 'Oh my god' and my boyfriend would say, 'What? what?' and I'd shake my head and say, 'You wouldn't get it. You just have to read it.' After I finished the book I immediately became more deadpan, more ridiculous and more in touch with my own mortality. My boyfriend was impressed with the new me and I told him, 'It's that book, THE NIMROD FLIPOUT--it's opened up a whole new world for me.' Now he's reading it, just so we can stay on the same plane of reality together." -Miranda July, SALON "Keret is a brilliant writer, unlike anyone I've read. He is the voice of the next generation."-Salman Rushdie "Keret may be the most important writer working in Israel right now; certainly he is the closest observer of its post-intifada, post-Oslo spiritual condition. And astonishingly, he is also the Israeli writer closest to the literary tradition of pre-Israel, pre- Holocaust European Jewry . . . Kafka said that literature should be an ax to break the frozen sea within us. Keret is a writer wailing at the ice with a Wiffle ball bat." -Stephen Marche,The Forward "Short, strange, funny, deceptively casual in tone and affect, stories that sound like a joke but aren't-Etgar Keret is a writer to be taken seriously." -Yann Martell "Keret can do more with six . . . paragraphs than most writers can with 600 pages." -Kyle Smith, People, "Keret is a brilliant writer . . . completely unlike any writer I know. He is the voice of the next generation." -Salman Rushdie "Keret may be the most important writer working in Israel right now; certainly he is the closest observer of its post-intifada, post-Oslo spiritual condition. And astonishingly, he is also the Israeli writer closest to the literary tradition of pre-Israel, pre- Holocaust European Jewry . . . Kafka said that literature should be an ax to break the frozen sea within us. Keret is a writer whaling at the ice with a Wiffle ball bat." -Stephen Marche, The Forward "Short, strange, funny, deceptively casual in tone and affect, stories that sound like a joke but aren't-Etgar Keret is a writer to be taken seriously." -Yann Martel "Keret can do more with six . . . paragraphs than most writers can with 600 pages." -Kyle Smith, People

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal892.4/36

SynopsisA 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 Keret's dark and fertile mind. This collection contains the best of Keret's work over the last decade., 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 that made him a household name in Israel and the major discovery of this last decade., Read the stories that made Etgar Keret Israel's most popular and acclaimed young writer with The Girl on the Fridge. 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 that made him a household name in Israel and the major discovery of this last decade.

LC Classification NumberPJ5054.K375G5713