Episode 70 - Etgar Keret and the Art of the Short Story

Two Nice Jewish Boys

Eytan and Naor

Society & Culture

1.7 • 804 Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Size matters. Or so, at least, we’ve been told from the moment we were born: the tallest guy gets the glory on the basketball courts at school; The longest thesis at the university class stands for the quality of research and work that was put into it; A filmmaker can make 50 short films but he’ll never make it if he hasn’t made a Feature. And then there's literature: Ulysses, War and Peace, and even the Lord of the Rings trilogy - all stand for the concept of size as a quality stamp. Etgar Keret’s career, however, has been proving just the opposite. For 30 years Keret has been focusing mainly on short stories, and it’s safe to say that his technique and unique style has contributed a lot to the reshaping of short storytelling as an art form. Keret’s one of the most translated Israeli writers. His books have been translated to 37 languages. His short stories were adapted to international productions, like “Wristcutters” or the stop animation film 9.99$. Keret has published 13 books, including short stories books, comics, graphic novels, and even children’s books. He won many awards, among which the Knight Medallion for Literature in France. His debut feature film, that he co-created with his wife Shira Geffen, was awarded the Golden Camera in the Cannes film festival. And now a new documentary film about him is being released. Today 2NJB are deeply honored to host Etgar Keret.

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0:00.0	Live from Tel Aviv, two nice Jewish boys.
0:05.0	This podcast is made in cooperation with the Jewish Journal.
0:10.0	www.jewishjournal.com.
0:13.0	Size matters. Or so, at least, we've been told from the moment we were born.
0:19.0	The tallest guy gets the glory on the basketball courts at
0:21.7	school. The longest thesis at the university class stands for the quality of research and work
0:28.0	that was put into it. A filmmaker can make 50 short films, but he'll never make it if he hasn't
0:34.2	made a feature. And then there's literature, Ulysses, War and Peace, and even the Lord
0:39.0	of the Rings trilogy, all stand for the concept of size as a quality stamp. Edgar Carrot's
0:45.1	career, however, has been proving just the opposite. For 30 years, Carrot has been focusing
0:50.5	mainly on short stories, and it's safe to say that his technique and unique
0:55.0	style has contributed a lot to the reshaping of short storytelling as an art form.
1:01.0	Carrot's one of the most translated Israeli writers. His books have been translated to 37 languages.
1:06.5	His short stories were adapted to international productions like wrist cutters or the
1:10.7	stop animation film
1:12.1	$9.99. Carrot has published 13 books including short story books, comics, graphic novels,
1:20.3	and even children's books. He won many awards among which the Knight Medallion for Literature
1:25.2	in France. His debut feature film that he co-created with his wife, Shere Geffen, was awarded the Golden
1:31.8	Camera in the Cannes Film Festival, and now a new documentary film about him is being released.
1:37.2	Today, Two Nice Jewish Boys are deeply honored to host Edgar Karad.
1:41.6	Subscribe to Two Nice Jewish Boys on iTunes, and if you like the podcast, don't forget to rate us.
1:50.4	Does size matter in storytelling? Well, it's funny because in the intro, you talked about the
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