The Nimrod Flip-Out
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780701178093 (0701178094)
Publish date: July 25th 2006
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Category:
Humor,
Comedy,
Literature,
Cultural,
Literary Fiction,
Jewish,
Contemporary,
Magical Realism,
Short Stories,
Israel,
Short Story Collection,
Surreal
Some really good, imaginative and well-told stories, like moon people who create tangible thoughts with determined shapes. There were also some uninteresting, boring stories, like a dog that keeps coming home. I've been singing "The Cat Came Back" since kindergarten. Turning the cat into a dog and t...
There's no shortage of sex and weirdness in this book, but most of the stories are either funny or thoughtful. Quick reading for when you're waiting in an office or between classes.
This was a really fun book of short, short stories -- some only 3 or 4 pages. Keret is at his best with the short, short form. The longer stories felt too long to me. I thought the most moving was the one about a guy who owns a laundromat. I also enjoyed the one with the girlfriend who secretly turn...
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