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Item Details
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SUDDENLY, A KNOCK ON THE DOOR
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| By: |
Etgar Keret, Sondra Silverston (Trans), Nathan Englander (Trans) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0701186674 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780701186678 |
| Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
23 February, 2012 |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Description: |
Presents tales that feature characters as: a man who barges into a writer's house and, holding a gun to his head, demands that he tell him a story, something to take him away from the real world; and, a pathological liar who discovers one day that all the lies he tells come true. |
| Synopsis: |
Etgar Keret is an ingenious and original master of the short story. Hilarious, witty and always unusual, declared a 'genius' by the "New York Times", Keret brings all of his prodigious talent to bear in this, his sixth bestselling collection. Long a household name in Israel, where he has been declared the voice of his generation, Keret has been acknowledged as one of the country's most radical and extraordinary writers. Exuding a rare combination of depth and accessibility, Keret's tales overflow with absurdity, humour, longing and compassion, and though their circumstances are often strange and surreal, his characters are defined by a familiar and fierce humanity. A man barges into a writer's house and, holding a gun to his head, demands that he tell him a story, something to take him away from the real world. A pathological liar discovers one day that all the lies he tells come true. A young woman finds a zip in her boyfriend's mouth, and when she opens it he unfolds to reveal a completely different man inside. "Suddenly, a Knock on the Door" is at once Keret's most mature and most playful work yet, and establishes him as one of the great international writers of our time. |
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| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Chatto & Windus |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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