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Bringing up a child, lying to the boss, placing an order in a fast-food restaurant: in Etgar Keret’s new collection, daily life is complicated, dangerous, and full of yearning. In his most playful and most mature work yet, the living and the dead, silent children and talking animals, dreams and waking life coexist in an uneasy world. Overflowing with absurdity, humor, sadness, and compassion, the tales in Suddenly, a Knock on the Door establish Etgar Keret—declared a “genius” by The New York Times —as one of the most original writers of his generation. Review “Keret’s greatest book yet—the most funny, dark, and poignant. It’s tempting to say these stories are his most Kafkaesque, but in fact they are his most Keretesque.” —Jonathan Safran Foer “Etgar Keret’s stories are funny, with tons of feeling, driving towards destinations you never see coming. They’re written in the most unpretentious, chatty voice possible, but they’re also weirdly poetic. They stick in your gut. You think about them for days. “ —Ira Glass, host and producer of This American Life “Strangeness abounds. Keret fits so much psychological and social complexity and metaphysical mystery into these quick, wry, j

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Author

Etgar Keret

Publisher

FSG Originals

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780374533335

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Short Stories, Fiction

Rating

4.3 / 5 (312 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14