The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God & Other Stories
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3.5 • 6 Ratings
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
Classic warped and wonderful stories from a “genius” (The New York Times) and master storyteller.
Brief, intense, painfully funny, and shockingly honest, Etgar Keret’s stories are snapshots that illuminate with intelligence and wit the hidden truths of life. As with the best writers of fiction, hilarity and anguish are the twin pillars of his work. Keret covers a remarkable emotional and narrative terrain—from a father’s first lesson to his boy to a standoff between soldiers caught up in the Middle East conflict to a slice of life where nothing much happens.
New to Riverhead’s list, these wildly inventive, uniquely humane stories are for fans of Etgar Keret’s inimitable style and readers of transforming, brilliant fiction.
Customer Reviews
Love it!
This is one of those books that you wish wouldn’t end so quickly. I’ve read plenty of other collections by other authors, but they just don’t match up to the work of Etgar Keret. Buy it. Read it. Love it. The only thing more profound than the stories within is the fact that someone had the imagination to write them. This guy lives in a completely different world. All of his stories are absolutely ridiculous but so grounded in reality that they’re somewhat believable. I ate it up. I was especially tickled by Kurt Cobain’s cameo appearance in the book. That last story though, told in traditional chapters rather than one long short story, really hit me in all the feels. This book and Fly Already are both fantastic reads for anyone becoming jaded with their 9 to 5, struggling with something, or just in need of a little hope.