The Bus Driver Who Wanted To Be God & Other Stories [Paperback]

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.Praise for The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God

“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


Praise for Etgar Keret

“Etgar Keret is a genius...” — New York Times

A brilliant writer...completely unlike any writer I know. The voice of the next generation. — Salman Rushdie

“One of my favorite Israeli writers.” – John Green

“Etgar’s stories are a reminder of that rude intangible that often goes unspoken in creative writing workshops: a great work of art is often just residual evidence of a great human soul.  There is sweetheartedness and wisdom and eloquence and transcendence in his stories because these virtues exist in abundance in Etgar himself… I am very happylĂ*