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Etgar Keret

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Suddenly, a Knock on the Door
Bus Driver Who Wanted To Be God
The Seven Good Years
Fly Already

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The Seven Good Years

Author Interviews

What Etgar Keret Learned From His Father About Storytelling And Survival

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Keret's memoir, The Seven Good Years, spans the time between the birth of his son and the death of his father, who was a Holocaust survivor. Originally broadcast June 16, 2015.

What Etgar Keret Learned From His Father About Storytelling And Survival

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The Seven Good Years

Author Interviews

What Etgar Keret Learned From His Father About Storytelling And Survival

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The Seven Good Years spans the time between the birth of his son and the death of his father. Keret says his father, who was a Holocaust survivor, taught him to "look reality straight in the face."

What Etgar Keret Learned From His Father About Storytelling And Survival

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'Seven Good Years' Between The Birth Of A Son, Death Of A Father
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Author Interviews

'Seven Good Years' Between The Birth Of A Son, Death Of A Father

Israeli writer Etgar Keret wrote his first piece of nonfiction the day his son was born. Later, when his father became terminally ill, he decided to publish his essays as a "living tombstone."

'Seven Good Years' Between The Birth Of A Son, Death Of A Father

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Middle East

Palestinian Perspective: Samir El-Youssef

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Palestinian author, journalist and literary critic Samir El-Youssef was born in a refugee camp in Lebanon. He now lives in London, and has collaborated with his friend, Israeli writer Etgar Keret, on a book, Gaza Blues. El-Youssef provides his views on recent events in the Middle East.

Palestinian Perspective: Samir El-Youssef

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Israeli Perspective: Etgar Keret

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Etgar Keret, a best-selling author in Israel whose books have also been published in the United States, talks about recent events in the Middle East. Keret collaborated with Palestinian author Samir El-Youssef for the book Gaza Blues. Keret contributed a collection of short stories and El-Youssef, a novella.

Israeli Perspective: Etgar Keret

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Author Interviews

Writer Etgar Keret, Fighting to Be 'Normal'

Etgar Keret is often called Israel's hippest young writer. His deadpan descriptions of life among ordinary people offer a window on a world at once funny and sad. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports.

Writer Etgar Keret, Fighting to Be 'Normal'

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