Israel’s Leading Writer in Vancouver
ETGAR KERET – Autocorrect: Stories
ISRAEL’S LEADING WRITER IS COMING TO VANCOUVER!
THU OCT 30, 7:00pm
in the Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre
ETGAR KERET – Autocorrect: Stories
Translated by Jessica Cohen and Sondra Silverston
Etgar Keret is the world’s most famous living Israeli author, known for writing short stories that are lean and accessible in style, but whimsical, surrealist, and darkly funny in subject. His work explores life’s smallest, most unremarkable interactions in ways that are profound and unusual. Keret’s seventh story collection is vast in reach, yet grounded in the bewildering absurdity of modern life.
The stories speak to our current moment in time and reveal the fault lines and uncomfortable truths in our society, in a style that is memorably his own. He is famous for his dry, winsome comic sketches, often using fantastical or science-fictional settings, with clever hooks and twists and a melancholic aftertaste.
ETGAR KERET is an Israeli writer and filmmaker. His works have been translated to 49 languages, his writing has appeared in prestigious publications and he has won several awards in film. He teaches creative writing at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
SPONSORED BY THE RONALD ROADBURG FOUNDATION
BOOKS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AND THE AUTHOR WILL BE SIGNING.