The Nimrod Flipout: Stories
by Etgar Keret- Review: The Nimrod Flipout includes stories about a talking fish, a little girl who loves all things that glitter, and the people who once lived on the moon “who could think their thoughts in any shape they wanted.” These stories are selections from his four story collections.
- What is so appealing about the thirty brief stories in The Nimrod Flipout? Some may love the brevity (thirteen of them are less than four pages long) and spurts of
- absurdism or irony in each story. I personally get excited when thinking about how his humor is translated and if we (English speakers/readers) are missing out on a few inside jokes. An overall strange, mellow and surreal experience worth taking.
About the author:
Etgar Keret was born August 20, 1967 in Ramat Gan, Israel. He lives in Tel Aviv with his wife, Shira Geffen, and their son, Lev. He is a lecturer at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer Sheva and Tel Aviv University.
He is an Israeli writer known for his short stories, graphic novels and scriptwriting for film and television.
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