A marvellous magician ... a maker of miracles, a comic, a sexual tease

Startling in their simple perfection

Provokingly singular and rare, an island of richness

Beautifully crafted stories: elegiac, honest, proud, and both eloquent and taciturn, like their subjects...a wonderfully talented writer

Rarely does a great writer offer himself to us with an oeuvre so complete

Etgar Keret is a writer to be taken seriously

Keret's surreal conceits are couched in a wry, downbeat language...The effect is something like a sorrowful hybrid of Kafka and Donald Barthelme: deadpan on the surface, with a bassnote of discomfort and emotional alienation that makes even the briefest tales snag in the mind...Each piece is at once universal and particular...world-class gems. The translation is brilliant, too

Etgar Keret is the voice of young Israel

One of the greatest short story writers alive

One of the most important writers alive... enchantingly witty

Etgar Keret's extraordinary imagination sets the reader free from slogans and headlines

One of the greatest short story writers alive