{"product_id":"the-bus-driver-who-wanted-to-be-god-other-stories","title":"The Bus Driver Who Wanted To Be God \u0026 Other Stories","description":"\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003eBrief, 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003eNew 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb font-weight:\u003eEtgar Keret\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003e was born in Tel Aviv in 1967. He is a recipient of the French Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, a lecturer at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and the author, most recently, of the memoir \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb font-style: italic\u003eThe Seven Good Years\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003e and the story collection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb font-style: italic\u003eSuddenly, a Knock on the Door\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003e. His work has appeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb font-style: italic\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb font-style: italic\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb font-style: italic\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb font-style: italic\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003e, among many other publications, and on \"This American Life,\" where he is a regular contributor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"IsraelBookShop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43875403268261,"sku":"978-1594633249","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/8860\/9445\/files\/978-1594633249_4a6f3ec7-0ffa-481e-b13f-c5e54bbef862.jpg?v=1725094020","url":"https:\/\/www.israelbookshop.com\/products\/the-bus-driver-who-wanted-to-be-god-other-stories","provider":"IsraelBookShop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}