{"product_id":"books-suddenly-a-knock-on-the-door-by-etgar-keret","title":"Suddenly, a Knock on the Door","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dark and surreal collection of stories from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Nimrod Flipout\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Girl on the Fridge.\u003c\/i\u003e With \u003ci\u003eSuddenly, a Knock on the Door,\u003c\/i\u003e \"It's tempting to say,\" according to Jonathan Safran Foer, \"[these stories] are his most Kafkaesque, but in fact they are his most Keretesque.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bringing up a child, lying to the boss, placing an order in a fast-food restaurant: in Etgar Keret's short story collection, daily life is complicated, dangerous, and full of yearning. In his most playful and most mature work yet, the living and the dead, silent children and talking animals, dreams and waking life coexist in an uneasy world. Overflowing with absurdity, humor, sadness, and compassion, the tales in \u003ci\u003eSuddenly, a Knock on the Door\u003c\/i\u003e establish Etgar Keret--declared a \"genius\" by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e--as one of the most original writers of his generation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53673335816465,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780374533335.jpg?v=1781525033","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-suddenly-a-knock-on-the-door-by-etgar-keret","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}