Etgar Keret “Suddenly the Doorbell Rings”—a new collection of everyday-life stories: about the most ordinary things that hide unbelievable complexity, longing, joy, fun, danger, and just life.
One person lies too much and ends up in a space where his inventions live. Another always lives with closed eyes because that makes fantasizing easier. And the third has been through a coma and now misses what he saw there.
Etgar Keret was born in 1967 in Tel Aviv. He is a virtuoso storyteller. It’s fair to say that Etgar Keret is probably one of the most famous contemporary Israeli writers. And certainly the most popular writer among the new wave of Israeli literature. However, he is popular not only in Israel, but in many other reading countries as well. Keret’s stories have been published in many authoritative outlets: The New York Times, Le Monde, The New Yorker, The Guardian, The Paris Review. In 2010, Etgar Keret was awarded the title of Cavalier of the Order of Arts and Letters—a highest French honor in the arts. Keret’s books are published in 39 languages and in 41 countries.
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