{"product_id":"the-nimrod-flipout-stories-paperback","title":"The Nimrod Flipout: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEtgar Keret\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eInstitute for Translation of Hebrew Lite\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Israel's most popular and acclaimed young writer--\"Stories that are short, strange, funny, deceptively casual in tone and affect, stories that sound like a joke but aren't\" (Yann Martel, author of \u003ci\u003eLife of Pi\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlready featured on \u003ci\u003eThis American Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSelected Shorts\u003c\/i\u003e and in \u003ci\u003eZoetrope: All Story\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eL.A. Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, these short stories include a man who finds equal pleasure in his beautiful girlfriend and the fat, soccer-loving lout she turns into after dark; shrinking parents; a case of impotence cured by a pet terrier; and a pessimistic Middle Eastern talking fish. A bestseller in Israel, \u003ci\u003eThe Nimrod Flipout\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary collection from the preeminent Israeli writer of his generation.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEtgar Keret \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Ramat Gan and now lives in Tel Aviv. A recipient of the French Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, the Charles Bronfman Prize, and the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, he is the author of the memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Good Years \u003c\/i\u003eand short story collections including\u003ci\u003e Suddenly, a Knock on the Door \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been translated into forty-five languages and has appeared in The New Yorker, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal, Wired, The Paris Review, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 8.32 x 6.74 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52556369002789,"sku":"9780374222437","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0987\/2487\/2485\/files\/63B5SqqRYj9780374222437.webp?v=1781370479","url":"https:\/\/c4lhome.com\/products\/the-nimrod-flipout-stories-paperback","provider":" Companion for Life Five Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}