"Kneller's Happy Campers" is a strange, dark but funny tale set in a world very much like our own but it's an afterlife populated by people who have killed themselves - many of them are young, and most of them bear the marks of their death...bullet wounds, broken necks...(those who have over-dosed are known as 'Juliets'). Mordy, our hero, discovers that his girlfriend from his life before has also 'offed' herself so he sets out to find her, and so follows a strange adventure...Full of the weird and wonderful characters, and the slightly surreal twist of events that we've come to expect from Etgar Keret, this novella is full of humour and comic flashes, but it is also wistful, longing for a better world and perfect love.

Over the last seven years Etgar Keret has had plenty of reasons to worry. His son, Lev, was born in the middle of a terrorist attack in Tel Aviv. His father became ill. And he has been constantly tormented by nightmarish visions of the Iranian president Ahmadinejad, anti-Semitic remarks both real and imagined, and, perhaps most worrisome of all, a dogged telemarketer who seems likely to chase him to the grave. Emerging from these darkly absurd circumstances is a series of funny, tender ruminations on everything from his three-year-old son's impending military service to the terrorist mindset behind Angry Birds. Moving deftly between the personal and the political, the playful and the profound, The Seven Good Years takes a life-affirming look at the human need to find good in the least likely places, and the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of our capricious world.

A brilliant, life-affirming, and hilarious memoir from a ?genius? (TheNew York Times) and master storyteller. The seven years between the birth of Etgar Keret?s son and the death of his father were good years, though still full of reasons to worry. Lev is born in the midst of a terrorist attack. Etgar?s father gets cancer. The threat of constant war looms over their home and permeates daily life. What emerges from this dark reality is a series of sublimely absurd ruminations on everything from Etgar?s three-year-old son?s impending military service to the terrorist mind-set behind Angry Birds. There?s Lev?s insistence that he is a cat, releasing him from any human responsibilities or rules. Etgar?s siblings, all very different people who have chosen radically divergent paths in life, come together after his father?s shivah to experience the grief and love that tie a family together forever. This wise, witty memoir?Etgar?s first nonfiction book published in America, and told in his inimitable style?is full of wonder and life and love, poignant insights, and irrepressible humor.

Etgar Keret is an ingenious and original master of the short story. Hilarious, witty and always unusual, declared a 'genius' by the "New York Times", Keret brings all of his prodigious talent to bear in this, his sixth bestselling collection. Long a household name in Israel, where he has been declared the voice of his generation, Keret has been acknowledged as one of the country's most radical and extraordinary writers. Exuding a rare combination of depth and accessibility, Keret's tales overflow with absurdity, humour, longing and compassion, and though their circumstances are often strange and surreal, his characters are defined by a familiar and fierce humanity. A man barges into a writer's house and, holding a gun to his head, demands that he tell him a story, something to take him away from the real world. A pathological liar discovers one day that all the lies he tells come true. A young woman finds a zip in her boyfriend's mouth, and when she opens it he unfolds to reveal a completely different man inside. "Suddenly, a Knock on the Door" is at once Keret's most mature and most playful work yet, and establishes him as one of the great international writers of our time.

Nová zbierka poviedok jedného z najprekladanejších a najobľúbenejších izraelských spisovateľov, izraelského Tarantina – Etgara Kereta. V Izraeli zbierku radšej ani nepublikoval, príliš otvorene sa dotýka krutej izraelskej každodennosti zatienenej teroristickými útokmi, sebevraždami a všadeprítomnou smrťou a zároveň je drzá, chladná a plná šibeničného humoru. Kniha zachytáva sedem rokov Keretovho života, keď „mal to šťastie byť zároveň synom i otcom“. Sedem rokov otca, ktorému sa narodil syn vo chvíli ako vo vedľajšej ulici teroristi odpálili bombu, spisovateľa, ktorý podstatnú časť svojho života trávi na letiskách a syna, ktorý vďaka písaniu spoznáva aj svoju židovskú minulosť. V Poľsku má Etgar Keret vlastný dom v úzkej medzere medzi dvoma domami. Dom má proporcie Keretových poviedok – je odvážny a minimalistický.

Over the last seven years Etgar Keret has had plenty of reasons to worry. His son, Lev, was born in the middle of a terrorist attack in Tel Aviv. His father became ill. And he has been constantly tormented by nightmarish visions of the Iranian president Ahmadinejad, anti-Semitic remarks both real and imagined, and, perhaps most worrisome of all, a dogged telemarketer who seems likely to chase him to the grave. Emerging from these darkly absurd circumstances is a series of funny, tender ruminations on everything from his three-year-old son's impending military service to the terrorist mindset behind Angry Birds. Moving deftly between the personal and the political, the playful and the profound, The Seven Good Years takes a life-affirming look at the human need to find good in the least likely places, and the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of our capricious world.show less

Soubor povídek současného izraelského autora přináší příběhy z dnešního Izraele, často za nutné dávky sarkasmu, často pohledem dítěte a vždy s originální zápletkou i vyústěním. Ve svých krátkých a často bizarních povídkách popisuje Etgar Keret vnitřní svět smutku a paranoie, který podle něj sžírá izraelskou společnost. Nevyhýbá se přitom tématům terorismu, palestinsko-izraelské války, šoa a připomínce druhé světové války, přesně tak jak se staly součástí „normálního“ a „všedního“ života. A byť při psaní vychází z koncentrované izraelské zkušenosti, stojí hrdinové jeho povídek před otázkami obecně platnými, hledají přátelství, lásku, překonávají strach, chtějí žít v míru.

Etgar Keret is an ingenious and original master of the short story. Radical, witty and always unusual, declared a 'genius' by the "New York Times", Keret brings all of his prodigious talent to bear in this bestselling collection. A man barges into a writer's house and, holding a gun to his head, demands that he tell him a story, something to take him away from the real world. A pathological liar discovers one day that all the lies he tells come true. A young woman finds a zip in her boyfriend's mouth, and when she opens it he unfolds to reveal a completely different man inside. "Suddenly, a Knock on the Door" is at once Keret's most mature and most playful work yet, and establishes him as one of the great international writers of our time.