He gives good story

Etgar Keret

Attention, English speakers residing in, or within easy driving distance of, Tel Aviv!

Etgar Keret, Israel's most famous young author, is going to give a reading in Tel Aviv this week. The event will be held at the Dizengoff Centre branch of Tzomet Sfarim on Tuesday, September 19, at 7.30. (to find the shop easily, enter at gate 6)

Starting at 8 p.m., journalist Viva Press will interview Etgar about his most recently translated book, The Nimrod Flip Out.

For those of you who have not yet had the pleasure of hearing Etgar speak, this is your opportunity to be charmed, amused, touched and challenged; Etgar is one of those rare writers who tells stories as well as he writes them. You will definitely laugh, you will certainly think and you might even cry a bit. It'll definitely be better than Cats.

For more information about Etgar, this is one of the best interviews I've read.

Etgar also wrote this beautiful exchange of letters with Samir El Youssef during the first week of our most recent war. (in case you're a new reader).

I'll be there – anyone want to go for coffee afterward?

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I'll go if you'll autograph my copy of City Guide Tel Aviv.

1. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
It's a deal.

2. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Lisa,
Just writing to let you know that your work, putting a human face on things, on life in Israel in these times, is very important.
Having discovered your blog after seeing your translation of the writer who lost his son, I have been checking you out ever since.
As a very assimilated U.S. jew, with so many conflicted feelings about Israel and what goes on there, I am always hungry for real-life information free from the agendas and 'angles' of the big-time media… hence your words, which seem honest, and the information you link to, which seems crucial, mean a lot to me.
Also, as a very small-time freelance writer, I confess an intense admiration for your writing style and content. I'm sure you have many fans, and you can consider me one of them.
I wish I could meet you for coffee after the talk…But I am far from Israel…I am in New Mexico…and so I will settle for keeping track of your bloggings…Keep up the good work.
Justin Max Bailey

3. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Aw, Justin… Thank you so much for these kind words. They mean an awful lot.

4. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Lisa, I would love to meet you for coffee but alas I am very very far away, around 7000 miles, and I can't make it. However, I am a big fan (one of many, I'm sure) and I will keep following your work
Keep it up, motek.

5. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
I know Israel does good coffee these days, as do most places, but does no one go out for a beer any more?

6. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
sounds like an intriguing author. If I were to read one of his books, in English translation, what do you recommend I start with?

7. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Well, they're all collections of short stories so you're not looking at a major time commitment.
I recommend The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God for a start.

8. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Thanks for the recommendation! I really enjoyed the book. The final story, about the limbo for suicides was haunting.

9. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Better than Cats???
Wish I could make it… but I spent all my money with Liza in Amsterdam…Tel Aviv would be an expensive trip!

10. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
I heard you and Liza had a fabulous time!
Next year in Tel Aviv, perhaps?

11. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
oh, don't I wish! You, of course, could take me to all the hippest spots, so I'm told… We'll see what I manage to fit in! I am zooming off to New Zealand in January which is SERIOUSLY depleting the family funds! But a few nights in Tel Aviv sounds fabulous!

12. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Sure! Do you do latte in Tel Aviv
Haha
AM (just in the right mood)

13. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
“Do we do latte in Tel Aviv?!”" Ha! Cherie, you've been reading my blog for long enough now – you should know that I live in one of the great coffee capitals of the world.

14. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm