The Nimrod Flipout: Stories
by Etgar Keret, Institute for Translation of Hebrew Literature
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Author: Etgar Keret, Institute for Translation of Hebrew LiteratureTranslator: Miriam Shlesinger
Translator: Sondra Silverston
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-04-04
ISBN: 0374222436
Number of pages: 167
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Book Review: A Style All His Own
Summary: 4 Stars
Etgar Keret is nothing more (or less) than the Etgar Keret of Israeli literature. His style in many ways is unique and should be read with no one else in mind. Like many Israelis, he lives life with a cynical approach that is very much like 'gallows' humor. This derives from the birth pangs of Israel, the elegiac weight of the Shoah (Holocaust) and the knowledge of being surrounded by 160 million people who want you gone and dead.
Spend any time in Israel or with Israelis and you will understand a little more the eccentricities of Keret's stories. Especially touching and revealing is his discussions of being part of the Israeli Defense Force (IDF). Most of his comments about life in the IDF are sidebars to the actual story he is telling, but they are not 'throw-away' comments.
His stories wander all around the spectrum, though many are 'train of thought' or just 'I was thinking about...'. His take on what makes a relationship would bring one to think that he hasn't been very successful and doesn't think he ever will be.
My favorite was "$9.99 plus tax and shipping". The story itself could be too 'cutsie' but the ending is pure Keret.
Zeb Kantrowitz (and I approved this review)
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