Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #101070 in Books
• Published on: 2005-01-28
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 200 pages

Synopsis
Brief, intense, painfully funny, and shockingly honest, Keret's stories are snapshots that illuminate with intelligence and wit the hidden truths of life. Hilarity and anguish are the twin pillars of his work. Heret 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.

Customer Reviews

A few nicities, a few oddities ...
Many of the stories are excellent, with sudden twists at the end to highlight the skill of the author in bringing you to a place that you didn't expect.

Bus Driver is a fairly easy parable, my personal favourite was Breaking the Pig, whereas Kneller's Happy Campers is a bit of a purgatorial oddity - in more ways than one.

If you fancy a change from a long novel, for a few gambits of lateral israel-inspired storytelling, then read this.

Don't waste your money
Despits rave reviews, this book is absolutely rubbish. Most of the stories were so short (some less than 2 pages) to have no substance at all. A couple of small sniggers was all this book could raise from me. I will not be fooled into buying anymore books by this particular author. I gave this book 1 star.... because i can't give it none!

Short and hilarious stories
The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God is an enjoyable collection to read. Etgar Keret emerged as witty, penetrating, humurous and very knowing. He is a fresh breath of to short story writing.Short stories by Chekhov, The Usurper and Other Stories, Runaway,Union Moujik are other fine and hilarious books to read.