Description
Israel’s hippest bestselling young writer today, Etgar Keret is part court jester, part literary crown prince, part national conscience. The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God gathers his daring and provocative short stories for the first time in English.
Brief, intense, painfully funny, and shockingly honest, Keret’s stories are snapshots that illuminate with intelligence and wit the hidden truths of life. As with the best comic authors, hilarity and anguish are the twin pillars of his work. Keret covers a remarkable emotional and narrative terrain-from a father’s first lesson to his boy to a standoff between soldiers caught in the Middle East conflict to a slice of life where nothing much happens.
The story about a bus driver who wanted to be God —
Goodman —
Hole in the wall —
A souvenir of hell —
Uterus —
Breaking the pig —
Cocked and locked —
The flying Santinis —
Korbi’s girl —
Shoes —
Missing Kissinger —
Rabin’s dead —
Plague of the firstborn —
Siren —
Good intentions —
Katzenstein —
The mysterious disappearance of Alon Shemesh —
Jetlag —
The son of the head of the Mossad —
Pipes —
Kneller’s happy campers —
One last story and that’s it
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