This short book was a lot of fun and laughter as well as some sadness and crying.
I enjoyed learning a little bit about Judaism, Jewish culture and conflicts in Middle East, Israel. I had very little previous knowledge about it.
The book is written from a everyday life perspective of the writer and because of that I was able to see and understand how conflicts influence writer's and his family's everyday lives, how it changes their thinking.
This book is also about life. It shows how trivial and also how important certain things become when you live in a country torn by conflicts. It sounds like it could be a heavy read but because of the humor it always throws you back and you are no longer sad or too serious.
"The writer is neither saint nor tzaddik nor prophet standing at the gate; he's just another sinner who has a somewhat sharper awareness and uses slightly more precise language to describe the inconceivable reality of our world"

These stories are like fluffy mini-madeleines.

Great and witty book illustrating both horrors of parenthood and a military conflict.

Moje pierwsze spotkanie z Keretem i już wiem, że nie ostatnie.

A opowiadanie Mój starszy brat to cudenko.

Etgar Keret is one of my favorite authors. He writes in short stories, is hilarious and is a brilliant commentator. It was cool to get insights into his life and to be transported to Israel through the book.

This collection of personal essays was very funny and moving, and opened a window for readers to see into modern-day Israeli life. It chronicles events from the seven years following the birth if his son that range from hiding from missile attacks, encounters with cab drivers, and his father's diagnosis with a terminal illness. Recommended.

A nice memoir, but Keret's writing style may be better suited to fiction. I kept wanting the very short stories to go on for another few pages - to get a bit more context, a bit more depth, a bit more emotion. Keret brings such a unique perspective to his fictional stories and you can see that at work in his reflections on his actual life... I mean, who else lets a cab driver into his house to use the bathroom?! But, I spent a lot of this book wanting more.