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These short, short stories left me feeling flat, as often as they moved me. The post-modern self-referential shtick is something I enjoy, but maybe something was lost in the translation. These stories felt a little bit more like Kafka-light. It could also be that the stories tended to carry a slight misanthropic view, so I never quite connected. When Keret was dealing with personal emotional impact, the stories were at their best.
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Dec 13, 2012
Amy W
marked it as to-read
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Jan 29, 2018
Terri
marked it as jewish-book-club
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Aug 20, 2025
Davida "Davi"
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