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Loading... The Girl on the Fridge: Stories (2008)by Etgar Keret
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I bought this at Powell's in Chicago; my wife drove and I read a few stories aloud -- which isn't problematic as most of them were less than two pages and hilariously dry. I finished before we made it to Lafyette. I would read more of his work but have since grown immune to erratic impulses to flash effect. A collection of very short stories about topics such as all the city buses dying, the dream eating monster under the bed, a magician who suddenly has to drop the rabbit-out-of-the-hat trick from his act, whether one should trust an artist and if finding a copy of Gulliver's Travels in Iceland is a lucky thing. Nearly all the stories are surreal, lengths range from a few paragraphs to three or four pages, and the writing is original to the point of true oddness. I'm looking forward to reading more from Keret. no reviews | add a review
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Collects early short stories by the Israeli author, on various topics including war, relationships, and aging. No library descriptions found.
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It's difficult to do though...and a lot of these stories fall flat, but a few are lovely so it was worth it for me to read through the rest. ( )