Etgar Keret
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Nathan Englander: "Free Fruit for Young Widows" - The New Yorker

"...At that age, knowing only a child's version of the story - that Tendler had done something in one of the wars that upset Etgar's father, and Etgar's father had jumped on the man, and the man had (his father never hesitated to admit) beat him up very badly - Etgar couldn't understand why his father was so nice to the Professor now..."
Why is the son in the story called Etgar? Englander explains.
אתגר קרת, ספר חדש
מתוך "פתאום דפיקה בדלת", קובץ הסיפורים החדש של אתגר קרת

Requiem for a Dream - Tablet Magazine

"That makes sense," I told Uzi. "But what do I do to make sure that that nightmare doesn't come back, see a psychologist?"
"That won't do you any good," he interrupted. "... What you need isn't a bunch of lies from a Ph.D. in clinical psych.
You need a real solution: a nest-egg in a foreign bank account. ..."

LA Weekly has published Keret's short story "Loquat"

I gave her the gun, but she slapped it right back into my hand. “That’s not kids, that’s animals,” she said resolutely.
“Okay, Grandma, I’ll take the rifle.” I gave in with a hopeless sigh and kissed her cheek. “Now go inside.”
Oh, mon petit gendarme,” Grandma said, clapping her hands happily. Filled with satisfaction at her small victory, she skipped up the steps.
Soldat,” I cried after her.

LA Weekly - Short Story: Freeze!

Suddenly I could do it. I’d say “Freeze!” and everyone would freeze, just like that, in the middle of the street ... And I’d walk past them till I found the prettiest girls... bring them home and fuck their brains out ... I felt fantastic. I felt like a king. Until my mother butted in ...

Hebrew speakers may read works by Keret at stage.co.il (rrrrrrrrrespect to Bo)

Here are some links to English translations of Keret's stories from Hebrew:
Halibut, One Kiss on the Mouth in Mombasa, The Nimrod Flip-Out, and A Bet.

The story "Phenomenal Hard-Ons" (not published in Hebrew yet), appears in Nerve Adult zine and dating community (you can always say you're there for the articles. eh?)

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