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Etgar Keret

The Seven Good Years: A Memoir Audio CD – CD, 16 June 2015

by Etgar Keret (Author)

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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 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.

What emerges from this dark reality is a series of sublimely absurd ruminations on everything from Etgar's three-year-old son's impending military service to the terrorist mind-set behind Angry Birds. There's Lev's insistence that he is a cat, releasing him from any human responsibilities or rules. Etgar's siblings, all very different people who have chosen radically divergent paths in life, come together after his father's shivah to experience the grief and love that tie a family together forever. This wise, witty memoir--Etgar's 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.

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Publisher : Penguin Audiobooks; Unabridged edition (16 June 2015)
Language : English
ISBN-10 : 1611764165
ISBN-13 : 978-1611764161
Reading age : 18 years and up
Dimensions : 12.85 x 1.35 x 14.86 cm

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About the Author

Etgar Keret was born in Ramat Gan and now lives in Tel Aviv. A winner of the French Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, he is a lecturer at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the author, most recently, of the memoir The Seven Good Years and story collections like The Bus Driver Who Wanted To Be God. His work has been translated into thirty-seven languages and has appeared in The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, The Paris Review, and The New York Times, among many other publications, and on This American Life, where he is a regular contributor.

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Mr. Gregory P. Solomon

I light and funny read.

Reviewed in Australia on 5 December 2015

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I light hearted read to put a smile on the face and a few chuckles to go with it. A good easy read for something different. Will certainly be looking for another book by this author for a comparison.

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Martciel

The best stories you could ever fear

Reviewed in Australia on 26 June 2020

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It had me laughing, crying and feeling as if I was in his world. When I reached the end I thought ‘no, don’t finish now!’ A wonderful journey to be part of. Thank you.

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Cathy

Wonderful

Reviewed in Australia on 9 September 2017

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Moving, funny, beautiful. A book to savour for the spareness of its writing. How wonderful to be invited to walk with Keret and his family, sharing just a little in their laughter, tears, terror, empathy, and most of all, love.

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Judy Turner

What a read

Reviewed in Australia on 10 October 2019

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Marvellous. If only it never stopped! Etgar please continue. Was it my imagination or were most small parts played by someone called Gilad?

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A very entertaining read

Reviewed in Australia on 14 September 2020

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I liked the book as I have visited Israel and can relate to the characters. An insight into a Jewish mindset.