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The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God & Other Stories

By: Etgar Keret
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
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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.

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Critic reviews

"One couldn’t have hoped for a finer way to herald this major new voice in world literature." (San Francisco Chronicle)

"Wonderfully surreal, laugh-out-loud-funny stories...all of them witty gems from a singular storyteller." (Elle)

"Extraordinary." (The Boston Globe)
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Great writer. Great stories. Great production. You can’t go wrong with Etgar Keret. That’s no lie.

Superb in every way

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Etgar Keret is just an amazing story teller that has such incredibly insightful thoughts about Humanity.

Just Amazing Story Telling!

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It only have one problem, the names of the characters are sometimes pronounce incorrectly. ‫ ‫ besides that it's a good book.

A really good book

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Couldn't finish it after multiple attempts… I just got bored… The stories were fine but not enticing or all that relatable or interesting

Eh

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most of the stories were uninteresting or just seemed like they were written by a highschooler. Several stories just felt completely self gratifying and vapid. Kneller's Happy Campers was also very disappointing but I went in with high hopes to be fair, the movie adaptation is much better written, and the characters aren't nearly as abrasive while still having their respective flaws.

the performance really carried this.

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