Fly Already
Etgar Keret
Fly Already
Etgar Keret
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Dazzling: time and time again, Keret hits on an idea so good that another writer would turn it into a novel ... The book shows a master of the short story pushing against the limits of what the form can achieve. . . There's only one thing Keret is incapable of doing with a story: writing one that's boring
Dazzling: time and time again, Keret hits on an idea so good that another writer would turn it into a novel ... The book shows a master of the short story pushing against the limits of what the form can achieve. . . There's only one thing Keret is incapable of doing with a story: writing one that's boring
[Fly Already] has a completeness and aliveness [...] that makes it a great first venture for the uninitiated, and each five pages contain more action than most novels. This is writing characterised by generosity, where being generous doesn't mean giving too much, but giving the right amount
I am in awe of Keret's ability to simultaneously make me laugh while crying, explore the joy and horror of every day life with precision, brevity and great psychological depth. His recognition of and engagement with the absurd is profound and he never loses his humanity, his heart long the way
Brilliantly edgy, unsettling, Kafkaesque and often very funny
A reminder that writing can be accessible, creative, intelligent, transgressive, challenging, funny - and popular - all at the same
Reading Fly Already is like settling down for a ride in a luxurious car with a world-class driver who has an extremely crazy worldview that doesn't interfere with his amazing driving. Is there any better way to see the world?
A grandmaster of the incongruous. . . It's Keret's particular brand of brilliance that can simultaneously hold tragedy and comedy, and in such compact packages. . . for Keret's riffs on reality, it seems the sky's the limit
Keret's conversational style is so irresistible, his dialogue so unpretentious and authentic, his throwaway one-liners so damn funny, it's hard to imagine any reader with a sense of humour and a curiosity about humankind not being charmed by his work. . . [his] stories have a lovely lightness of touch...an awesome gut-punch
An antic, anarchic collection that pitches yearning, bumbling, bamboozled characters into situations where salient life lessons are difficult to come by
Keret's new collection of 22 inventive stories showcases his razor-sharp, satiric wit and genre-shifting style
Keret is a fantastically inventive writer who grounds wild stories in real emotion. Absurd, often surreal, and precisely, concisely written, the 22 stories here touch a nerve
The prose is clear, the tone cool and often funny.... Keret has a terrific turn of phrase... thrilling
Keret's idiosyncratic collection is both funny and poignant, counterbalancing comedy with a sharp observation of human nature...These are brief, punchy stories, inventive and confident...a hugely enjoyable collection, full of surprises
Etgar Keret's latest collection of short stories will take you on an emotional rollercoaster
[The stories] read like Kafkaesque screwball comedies but, even at their most hilarious, they're shot through with tragedy. Keret's conversational writing voice and lightness of touch mask a fierce, philosophical intelligence
Keret writes tragicomic, Kafka-esque short stories with a wit as dry as the Negev. Acerbic, too, as he deals with humankind's propensity for existential alienation with the absurdity it deserves
Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, ETGAR KERET is a leading voice in Israeli literature and cinema. He is the author of five bestselling story collections, which have been translated into 46 languages. His writing has been published in the New York Times, Le Monde, the Guardian, the New Yorker, the Paris Review and Esquire. He has also written a number of screenplays, and Jellyfish, his first film as a director alongside his wife Shira Geffen, won the Caméra d'Or prize for best first feature at Cannes in 2007. In 2010 he was awarded the Chevalier medallion of France's Order of Arts and Letters, and in 2016 he won the Bronfman Prize. His memoir The Seven Good Years was published by Granta in 2015. www.etgarkeret.com
Dazzling: time and time again, Keret hits on an idea so good that another writer would turn it into a novel ... The book shows a master of the short story pushing against the limits of what the form can achieve. . . There's only one thing Keret is incapable of doing with a story: writing one that's boring
[Fly Already] has a completeness and aliveness [...] that makes it a great first venture for the uninitiated, and each five pages contain more action than most novels. This is writing characterised by generosity, where being generous doesn't mean giving too much, but giving the right amount
I am in awe of Keret's ability to simultaneously make me laugh while crying, explore the joy and horror of every day life with precision, brevity and great psychological depth. His recognition of and engagement with the absurd is profound and he never loses his humanity, his heart long the way
Brilliantly edgy, unsettling, Kafkaesque and often very funny
A reminder that writing can be accessible, creative, intelligent, transgressive, challenging, funny - and popular - all at the same
Reading Fly Already is like settling down for a ride in a luxurious car with a world-class driver who has an extremely crazy worldview that doesn't interfere with his amazing driving. Is there any better way to see the world?
A grandmaster of the incongruous. . . It's Keret's particular brand of brilliance that can simultaneously hold tragedy and comedy, and in such compact packages. . . for Keret's riffs on reality, it seems the sky's the limit
Keret's conversational style is so irresistible, his dialogue so unpretentious and authentic, his throwaway one-liners so damn funny, it's hard to imagine any reader with a sense of humour and a curiosity about humankind not being charmed by his work. . . [his] stories have a lovely lightness of touch...an awesome gut-punch
An antic, anarchic collection that pitches yearning, bumbling, bamboozled characters into situations where salient life lessons are difficult to come by
Keret's new collection of 22 inventive stories showcases his razor-sharp, satiric wit and genre-shifting style
Keret is a fantastically inventive writer who grounds wild stories in real emotion. Absurd, often surreal, and precisely, concisely written, the 22 stories here touch a nerve
The prose is clear, the tone cool and often funny.... Keret has a terrific turn of phrase... thrilling
Keret's idiosyncratic collection is both funny and poignant, counterbalancing comedy with a sharp observation of human nature...These are brief, punchy stories, inventive and confident...a hugely enjoyable collection, full of surprises
Etgar Keret's latest collection of short stories will take you on an emotional rollercoaster
[The stories] read like Kafkaesque screwball comedies but, even at their most hilarious, they're shot through with tragedy. Keret's conversational writing voice and lightness of touch mask a fierce, philosophical intelligence
Keret writes tragicomic, Kafka-esque short stories with a wit as dry as the Negev. Acerbic, too, as he deals with humankind's propensity for existential alienation with the absurdity it deserves
Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, ETGAR KERET is a leading voice in Israeli literature and cinema. He is the author of five bestselling story collections, which have been translated into 46 languages. His writing has been published in the New York Times, Le Monde, the Guardian, the New Yorker, the Paris Review and Esquire. He has also written a number of screenplays, and Jellyfish, his first film as a director alongside his wife Shira Geffen, won the Caméra d'Or prize for best first feature at Cannes in 2007. In 2010 he was awarded the Chevalier medallion of France's Order of Arts and Letters, and in 2016 he won the Bronfman Prize. His memoir The Seven Good Years was published by Granta in 2015. www.etgarkeret.com