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Etgar Keret
Etgar Keret was born in Tel-Aviv, Israel in 1967.
Keret has published four books of short stories and novellas, a children's book, and two feature screenplays.
His stories have been published in more than 20 different languages and are a part of the literature curriculum for Israeli high-school students.
His latest book, The Nimrod Flipout, will be published this spring.
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Etgar Keret on Faith & Reason
Me, when it comes to religion, I have no God. When I'm cool I don't need anyone, and when I'm feeling shitty and this big empty hole opens up inside me, I just know there's never been a god that could fill it and there never will be. So even if a hundred evangelist rabbis pray for my lost soul, it won't do them any good. I have no God, but my sister does, and I love her, so I try to show Him some respect. Read more...
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Etgar Keret: Stupor in Our Time
If, after all the hopes and disappointments, all the accords and intifadas, the best a whole country can wish for is a politician so nondescript that the pundits are still arguing over whether he's on the left or the right — if we want a non-event on Election Day — then we really must be exhausted. Read more...
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Keret Online
Website: www.etgarkeret.com
"A Bet" in The Paris Review.
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Keret's profile on NPR, plus a reading from his collection The Nimrod Flipout.
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Tikkun's interview with Keret.
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