Bøger af Etgar Keret

"Etgar Keret er et geni" New York TimesPineapple Crush er virkelig kraftig hash.Pineapple Crush er titelnovellen i denne samling.Pineapple Crush bringer bl.a. en guldfisk i sutsko, melankolske engle og en sammenpresset ’68 Mustang ind i læserens stue Nogle kan kun finde på at læse en novellesamling, når de har læst alt andet af deres yndlingsforfatter, og der alene er noveller tilbage; andre spår novellegenren en stor fremtid, nu da vi har vænnet os til at streame serier og på den måde nyde kortere, koncise fortællinger. I al fald, kære læser: Har De aldrig læst en novellesamling før, er Pineapple Crush det rette sted at begynde – og har De læst indtil flere, tør vi godt love, at De vil blive forbløffet over disse bizarre, tankevækkende, moderne og dybt menneskelige novellers humor, skarphed og elegance. Israelske Etgar Keret (f. 1967) er en ekvilibrist udi noveller, hvoraf to samlinger blev udgivet på dansk i 00’erne; med Pineapple Crush (som har vundet Israels fineste litteraturpris, Sapir) tages forfatterskabet op igen. Keret er udkommet på nærved 50 sprog fra arabisk til vietnamesisk og publiceres jævnligt i aviser som Le Monde og New York Times.

I det ganske lille kongerige var der kun lige akkurat plads til fire indbyggere og en lillebitte pony.Når kongen og hans rådgiver ville spille frisbee, måtte de bruge nabolandene for at få plads nok.En konge skal have et kongerige, en rådgiver og nogle undersåtter.Men måske er jordbærmarker vigtigere!

"Etgar Keret er et geni" New York TimesPineapple Crush er noget virkelig potent pot; Pineapple Crush er titelnovellen i denne samling; Pineapple Crush bringer guldfisk i sutsko, melankolske engle og en sammenpresset ’68 Mustang ind i læseres stue, for ikke at nævne … Nogle kan kun finde på at læse en novellesamling, når de har læst alt andet af deres yndlingsforfatter, og der alene er noveller tilbage; andre spår novellegenren en stor fremtid, nu da vi har vænnet os til at streame serier og på den måde nyde kortere, koncise fortællinger. I al fald, kære læser: Har De aldrig læst en novellesamling før, er Pineapple Crush det rette sted at begynde – og har De læst indtil flere, tør vi godt love, at De vil blive forbløffet over disse bizarre, tankevækkende, moderne og dybt menneskelige novellers humor, skarphed og elegance. Israelske Etgar Keret (f. 1967) er en ekvilibrist udi noveller, hvoraf to samlinger blev udgivet på dansk i 00’erne; med Pineapple Crush (som har vundet Israels fineste litteraturpris, Sapir) tages forfatterskabet op igen. Keret er udkommet på nærved 50 sprog fra arabisk til vietnamesisk og publiceres jævnligt i aviser som Le Monde og New York Times.

A brilliant, life-affirming, and hilarious memoir from a ';genius' (The New York Times) and master storyteller. With illustrations by Jason Polan.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 memoirEtgar's first nonfiction book published in America, and told in his inimitable styleis full of wonder and life and love, poignant insights, and irrepressible humor.

Classic warped and wonderful stories from a ';genius' (The New York Times) and master storyteller.   Brief, intense, painfully funny, and shockingly honest, Etgar Keret's stories are snapshots that illuminate with intelligence and wit the hidden truths of life. As with the best writers of fiction, 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 up in the Middle East conflict to a slice of life where nothing much happens.   New to Riverhead's list, these wildly inventive, uniquely humane stories are for fans of Etgar Keret's inimitable style and readers of transforming, brilliant fiction.

From Israel's most popular and acclaimed young writer-"Stories that are short, strange, funny, deceptively casual in tone and affect, stories that sound like a joke but aren't" (Yann Martel, author of Life of Pi)Already featured on This American Life and Selected Shorts and in Zoetrope: All Story and L.A. Weekly, these short stories include a man who finds equal pleasure in his beautiful girlfriend and the fat, soccer-loving lout she turns into after dark; shrinking parents; a case of impotence cured by a pet terrier; and a pessimistic Middle Eastern talking fish. A bestseller in Israel, The Nimrod Flipout is an extraordinary collection from the preeminent Israeli writer of his generation.

The first children''s book to appear in English by the award-winning Israeli master storytellerWhat happens when a tired boy with a fertile imagination is left to fend for himself at the zoo? Well, if his father is too busy to play and must talk business on his phone, and it''s close to naptime, then ... a lot. After freeing sad animals from their cages, the boy takes a ride in an airship with an old turtle and a lazy rhinoceros. Once on board he describes to Habakkuk, the ship''s captain, the traits of the rarely seen long-haired cat-boy cub: Long-haired cat-boy cubs need to be played with once an hour to stay alive. Also, you cannot wash a long-haired cat-boy cub in water, they only like to drink juice and chocolate milk, and, most of all, you must listen to a long-haired cat-boy cub''s story to the end even if you get a call from work. Long-Haired Cat-Boy Cub is a clever and captivating tale that will appeal to any cub who has busy parents and a busier imagination.

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.

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...

'Etgar Keret's short stories are fierce, funny, full of energy and insight, and at the same time they are often deep, tragic and very moving' - Amos OzAt a children's tea party, a magician tries to pull a rabbit out of a hat, but takes out only its head;

In this collection of brilliant, bite-sized satiric tales, Israel's bestselling Etgar Keret chronicles the strange ironies that suffuse his characters' lives.