The narrowest house in the world, which will host Israeli writer Etgar Keret, was officially opened in Warsaw. The idea of building Keret House, which opened on Oct. 20 and is to serve as a studio for artists from around the world, appeared a few years ago. Although the project may seem to be extremely…
Israeli writer Etgar Keret and American author Nathan Englander have both been shortlisted for the 2012 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, the biggest prize in the world for a short story collection. Keret was nominated for “Suddenly a Knock on the Door,” and Englander received a nod for “What We Talk About When We…
While Etgar Keret, the Israeli novelist and screenwriter, was in the country to promote his latest book “Suddenly, a Knock on the Door: Stories,” he went for a walk with the Forward’s Dan Friedman. Keret — the writer The New York Times called a “genius” and the man Salman Rushdie referred to as “the voice…
Suddenly, a Knock on the Door By Etgar Keret Translated by Nathan Englander, Miriam Shlesinger and Sondra Silverston FSG Originals, 208 pages, $14 Once upon a time, Etgar Keret was a humble guy scribbling out weird and fantastical stories about Israel’s version of Generation X. With his first few books, he gained a reputation in…
“Narrow-minded” isn’t how Etgar Keret normally comes across. But his new project in Warsaw actually has the Israeli author and filmmaker limiting his boundaries. According to the Toronto Star, Keret will become the occupant of the “world’s skinniest house”—a four-story, five-foot-wide modernist structure to be completed by winter. Located in an alleyway between a 1960s…
Author Etgar Keret with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo by Tal Cohen. It’s become a tradition since 2009 that in honor of Israel’s Hebrew Book Week, Haaretz publishes its “Writers Edition.” For this unique edition, all the paper’s reporters disappear and are replaced by well-known Israeli, Middle Eastern, Jewish and Jew-ish authors and poets….
Following “New York, I Love You” and “Paris, I Love You,” Israel’s capital has been tapped to serve as the third city in the star-studded film series. Assuming it follows the model of the previous films, “Jerusalem, I Love You” will tell a dozen short love stories written, starring and directed by major names in…
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