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An Amazon Best Book of June 2015: Etgar Keret is not your usual memoirist. For his first foray into the genre—he is the author of several lauded short story collections—Keret chose the titular Seven Good Years between the birth of his son and the death of his father as temporal boundaries for a series of four- to five-page vignettes and ruminations, ranging from humorous to anxious (but humorous) to heavy (and humorous). And for the most part, those events don’t even define the content of this collection. Keret—a native of Israel—contemplates moments of his life against a backdrop of constant conflict, casting an absurd light on both the monumental and mundane: a time-wasting game of chicken with a telemarketer becomes an irritating memento mori; the terrorist subtext of Angry Birds comes disturbingly (if somewhat speciously) clear; a whimsical mustache conjures a story of a near-fatal encounter in Lebanon. His compact style benefits the brevity of the pieces, perfectly matching his skewed and occasionally detached tone; Keret is a sort of bemused and sometimes baffled observer of the world and the people who inhabit it, and simply a wonderful writer. --Jon Foro
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: New. A brilliant, life-affirming, and hilarious memoir from a genius (The New York Times) and master storyteller. With illustrations by Jason Polan.The seven years between the birth of Etgar Kerets son and the death of his father were good years, though still full of reasons to worry. Lev is born in the midst of a terrorist attack. Etgars father gets cancer. The threat of constant war looms over their home and permeates daily life.What emerges from this dark reality is a series of sublimely absurd ruminations on everything from Etgars three-year-old sons impending military service to the terrorist mind-set behind Angry Birds. Theres Levs insistence that he is a cat, releasing him from any human responsibilities or rules. Etgars siblings, all very different people who have chosen radically divergent paths in life, come together after his fathers shivah to experience the grief and love that tie a family together forever. This wise, witty memoir-Etgars first nonfiction book published in America, and told in his inimitable style-is full of wonder and life and love, poignant insights, and irrepressible humor. Seller Inventory # DADAX0399576002
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A brilliant, life-affirming, and hilarious memoir from a genius (The New York Times) and master storyteller. With illustrations by Jason Polan.The seven years between the birth of Etgar Kerets son and the death of his father were good years, though still full of reasons to worry. Lev is born in the midst of a terrorist attack. Etgars father gets cancer. The threat of constant war looms over their home and permeates daily life.What emerges from this dark reality is a series of sublimely absurd ruminations on everything from Etgars three-year-old sons impending military service to the terrorist mind-set behind Angry Birds. Theres Levs insistence that he is a cat, releasing him from any human responsibilities or rules. Etgars siblings, all very different people who have chosen radically divergent paths in life, come together after his fathers shivah to experience the grief and love that tie a family together forever. This wise, witty memoirEtgars first nonfiction book published in America, and told in his inimitable styleis full of wonder and life and love, poignant insights, and irrepressible humor. "The seven years between the birth of Etgar Keret's son and the death of his father were good years, though still full of reasons to worry. Lev is born in the midst of a terrorist attack. Etgar's father gets cancer. The threat of constant war looms over their home and permeates daily life"-- Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780399576003