Over the last seven years Etgar Keret has had plenty of reasons to worry. His son, Lev, was born in the middle of a terrorist attack in Tel Aviv. His father became ill. And he has been constantly tormented by nightmarish visions of the Iranian president Ahmadinejad, anti-Semitic remarks both real and imagined, and, perhaps most worrisome of all, a dogged telemarketer who seems likely to chase him to the grave. Emerging from these darkly absurd circumstances is a series of funny, tender ruminations on everything from his three-year-old son's impending military service to the terrorist mindset behind Angry Birds. Moving deftly between the personal and the political, the playful and the profound, The Seven Good Years takes a life-affirming look at the human need to find good in the least likely places, and the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of our capricious world.

From the man the New Yorker declared 'a genius', here is a ridiculously enjoyable, tragicomic collection of essays about raising a son and losing a father

About the Author
ETGAR KERET is a leading voice in Israeli culture. He is the author of five bestselling story collections, which have been translated into thirty-seven languages. www.etgarkeret.com


Book Information
ISBN 9781783780471
Author Etgar Keret
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Granta Books
Publisher Granta Books
Weight(grams) 140g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 11mm