Bringing up a child, lying to the boss, placing an order in a fast-food
restaurant: in Etgar Keret's new 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 Suddenly, a
Knock on the Door establish Etgar Keret--declared a "genius" by The
New York Times--as one of the most original writers of his generation.