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Etgar Keret
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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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Keret Online
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www.etgarkeret.com
Read the Believer interview in the April 2006 issue. >>More
"A Bet" in The Paris Review. >>More
Keret's profile on NPR, plus a reading from his collection The Nimrod Flipout. >>More
Tikkun's interview with Keret. >>More
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WORLD VOICES EVENTS
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 Friday, April 28 at 6:00
Benetton Young Writers Series: Etgar Keret & George Saunders
Saturday, April 29 at 7:00
A Believer Nighttime Event
Saturday, April 29 at 9:00
HOWL for 50 Years |
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Etgar Keret on Faith & Reason
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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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March 27, 2006 | 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. >> More
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