Description
A dark and surreal collection of stories from the author of The Nimrod Flipout and The Girl on the Fridge. With Suddenly, a Knock on the Door, "It's tempting to say," according to Jonathan Safran Foer, "[these stories] are his most Kafkaesque, but in fact they are his most Keretesque."
Bringing up a child, lying to the boss, placing an order in a fast-food restaurant: in Etgar Keret's short story 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 life coexist in an uneasy world. Overflowing with absurdity, humor, sadness, and compassion, the tales in Suddenly, a Knock on the Door establish Etgar Keret--declared a "genius" by The New York Times--as one of the most original writers of his generation.
Author: Etgar Keret
Publisher: Fsg Originals
Published: 03/27/2012
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 7.53h x 5.02w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9780374533335
ISBN10: 0374533334
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Anthologies (multiple authors)
About the Author
Etgar Keret was born in Tel Aviv in 1967. His stories have been featured on This American Life and Selected Shorts. As screenwriters/ directors, he and his wife, Shira Geffen, won the 2007 Palme d'Or for Best Debut Feature (Jellyfish) at the Cannes Film Festival. His books include The Nimrod Flipout, Suddenly, a Knock on the Door, and The Girl on the Fridge.