$9.99, A Film Based on the Short Stories of Etgar Keret (Dispatches)

By Bud Parr | February 8, 2010

I taught my son a simple rule when he, at the age of four or so, began to see the barrage of books that are part of the marketing effort behind movies. If the book came out first, the book is ...

Resources for Further Reading (and viewing) on Etgar Keret (Dispatches)

By The Editors | March 31, 2009

As a last post in this month's Etgar Keret discussion, we've included some links below for more information on Etgar Keret, his other projects, and also upcoming events (New Yorkers, ...

Finding Keret: Two Israeli Editors Discuss the Author’s Discovery (Dispatches)

By Admin | March 31, 2009

The two Israeli editors who brought Etgar Keret to national attention met recently to reminisce for the record about their brief but memorable association with him. Hannan Hever and Moshe Ron ...

Reading Keret: Translating the Funhouse (Dispatches)

By Adam Rovner | March 24, 2009

"Hat Trick" first appeared in Missing Kissinger (1994), and has since proved one of Etgar Keret's most popular stories. In 1998, artist Batia Kolton of the Actus Tragicus comics ...

My Favorite Etgar Keret Story: A Brief Appreciation (Dispatches)

By Bud Parr | March 24, 2009

When I saw Etgar Keret at the PEN World Voices Festival last year I was disappointed because he chose to read “Hat Trick,” a story that is as unsettling in its implications as it ...

Saying Big Things: The Art of Etgar Keret (Dispatches)

By Todd Hasak Lowy | March 21, 2009

In the latest dispatch for our Etgar Keret discussion, Todd Hasak-Lowy, author of Captives and The Task of this Translator, talks about Keret and the art of saying big things ...

Brutal Banality in Keret’s “An Exclusive” (Dispatches)

By Adam Rovner | March 16, 2009

At nearly nine pages, "An Exclusive" is the lengthiest story in Etgar Keret's Girl on the Fridge. Perhaps because it's the longest, it's one of my favorites. Keret is ...

Words Without Borders Video: Miriam Schlesinger and Philip Lopate discuss Etgar Keret (Dispatches)

By Bud Parr | March 13, 2009

Here's part one of a video with Miriam Schlesinger and Philip Lopate discussing Etgar Keret as part of our Conversations on Great Contemporary Literature Series. Links to other posts in ...

Interviews Etgar Keret on Tradition, Translation, and Alien Toasters (Mag: Articles)

By Adam Rovner | March 12, 2009

Adam Rovner interviews Etgar Keret as part of WWB's month-long discussion of Etgar Keret's Girl on the Fridge. You can find links to other posts and essays in this series at the bottom ...

Translated from Hebrew by Adam Rovner

“We’re All Overgrown Adolescents”—Miriam Schlesinger and Philip Lopate talk about Etgar Keret (Dispatches)

By Nicolle Elizabeth | March 9, 2009

Last Thursday's Keret event at Idlewild was a hoot. Miriam Shlesinger's discussion about translating Keret's use of slang, though she is over twenty years his senior, (Keret is ...

Reading Keret: Front-line of the Hyper-real (Dispatches)

By Adam Rovner | March 9, 2009

In his first blog post for our online book club on Etgar Keret's Girl on the Fridge, Adam Rovner discusses the hyper-real in Keret's story "The Night the Buses Died." We hope ...

On Etgar Keret (Mag: Articles)

By Phillip Lopate | March 5, 2009

Phillip Lopate's essay was included in the accompanying booklet to WWB's March 5th event at the Idlewild bookstore in New York City. It is also part of our ongoing discussion of Etgar ...

The Necessity of Choosing (Mag: Articles)

By Miriam Shlesinger | March 5, 2009

Miriam Shlesinger's essay was included in the accompanying booklet to WWB's March 5th event at the Idlewild bookstore in New York City. It is also part of our month-long discussion of ...

Etgar Keret in Context (Dispatches)

By Adam Rovner | March 3, 2009

In conjunction with our live Etgar Keret discussion on March 5th at the Idlewild bookstore in New York, Adam Rovner, writer, scholar and translations editor of Zeek, will be moderating an ...

My Nimrod Flipout (Dispatches)

By Nicolle Elizabeth | February 26, 2009

  I remember the first time I came across Etgar Keret, and that I threw the book across the room. I had been beat to the punch. This marvel, this oracle, this as we say in Yiddish, this ...

Keret Contest: What’s your favorite Etgar Keret Story? (Dispatches)

By Bud Parr | February 20, 2009

  If you've read Etgar Keret's stories you know they're as addicting as they are short. You probably find yourself retelling or even reading them to your friends. Well how ...