Skip to content
Scan a barcode
Scan
Added to your cart
Paperback The Seven Good Years: A Memoir Book

ISBN: 0399576002

ISBN13: 9780399576003

The Seven Good Years - Sheva Ha-Shanim Ha-Tovot

Select Format

Select Condition ThriftBooks Help Icon

Recommended

Format: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

$6.59
Save $9.41!
List Price $16.00
Almost Gone, Only 2 Left!

Book Overview

A brilliant, life-affirming, and hilarious memoir from a "genius" (The New York Times) and master storyteller. With illustrations by Jason Polan.

The seven years between the birth of Etgar Keret's son and the death of his father were good years, though still full of reasons to worry. Lev is born in the midst of a terrorist attack. Etgar's father gets cancer. The threat of constant war looms over their home and permeates daily life.

What emerges from this dark reality is a series of sublimely absurd ruminations on everything from Etgar's three-year-old son's impending military service to the terrorist mind-set behind Angry Birds. There's Lev's insistence that he is a cat, releasing him from any human responsibilities or rules. Etgar's siblings, all very different people who have chosen radically divergent paths in life, come together after his father's shivah to experience the grief and love that tie a family together forever. This wise, witty memoir--Etgar's first nonfiction book published in America, and told in his inimitable style--is full of wonder and life and love, poignant insights, and irrepressible humor.
More by Etgar Keret
Pizzeria Kamikaze
Pizzeria Kamikaze
Etgar Keret

from: $4.89

Suddenly, a Knock on the Door: Stories
Suddenly, a Knock on the Door: Stories
Etgar Keret

from: $5.39

The Girl on the Fridge
The Girl on the Fridge
Etgar Keret

from: $5.39

אניהו [anihu]
אניהו [anihu]
Etgar Keret, Institute for Translation of Hebrew Literature

from: $4.39

Fly Already: Stories
Fly Already: Stories
Etgar Keret

from: $5.19

Flash Fiction International: Very Short Stories from Around the World
Flash Fiction International: Very Short Stories from Around the World
Ricardo Sumalavia, Stuart Dybek, Kuzhali Manickavel, Antonio López Ortega, Naguib Mahfouz, Alberto Chimal, Alberto Fuguet, Tara Laskowski, Edmundo Paz Soldán, Etgar Keret, Shirani Rajapakse, Randa Jarrar, Nuala Ní Chonchúir, María Negroni, Qiu Xiaolong, Jim Crace, Bess Winter, Mohibullah Zeghan, Czesław Miłosz, Joesphine Rowe, Roberto Bolaño, Josefina Estrada, Juan Villoro, Chen Qiyou, Young-Ha Kim, Elena Bossi, Petina Gappah, Shabnam Nadiya, Eric Rugara, Linh Dinh, Édgar Omar Avilés, Franz Kafka, Pierre J. Mejlak, Natalie Díaz, Zakaria Tamer, Meg Pokrass, Ethel Rohan, W. Somerset Maugham, Yasunari Kawabata, Lili Potpara, Avital Gad-Cykman, Marco Denevi, Stefani Nellen, Ron Carlson, Petronius, Sherman Alexie

from: $6.69

McSweeney's #48
McSweeney's #48
Etgar Keret, Téa Obreht, McSweeney's Publishing, Boots Riley

from: $5.19

Tel Aviv Noir
Tel Aviv Noir
Etgar Keret, Assaf Gavron

from: $7.09

Missing Kissinger
Missing Kissinger
Etgar Keret

from: $8.19

Watchlist: 32 Stories by Persons of Interest
Watchlist: 32 Stories by Persons of Interest
Charles Yu, Bryan Hurt, Cory Doctorow, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Aimee Bender, Juan Pablo Villalobos, Sean Bernard, Robert Coover, Etgar Keret

from: $6.09

Jetlag
Jetlag
Etgar Keret

from: $6.09

Long-Haired Cat-Boy Cub
Long-Haired Cat-Boy Cub
Etgar Keret

from: $6.59

Dad Runs Away with the Circus
Dad Runs Away with the Circus
Etgar Keret

from: $7.69

Gaza Blues
Gaza Blues
Samir El-Youssef, Etgar Keret

from: $16.65

Four Stories
Four Stories
Etgar Keret

from: $7.09

Autocorrect: Stories
Autocorrect: Stories
Etgar Keret

from: $22.26

Sleep is a Beautiful Colour: 2017 National Flash-Fiction Day Anthology (National Flash Fiction Day Anthologies Book 6)
Sleep is a Beautiful Colour: 2017 National Flash-Fiction Day Anthology (National Flash Fiction Day Anthologies Book 6)
Meg Pokrass, Robert Shapard, Miranda Kate, Tim Stevenson, Calum Kerr, Santino Prinzi, Etgar Keret, Kevlin Henney, Nuala Ní Chonchúir, Angela Readman, Sophie van Llewyn, Meg Pokrass

from: $13.03

Bipolar (Number 4)
Bipolar (Number 4)
Tomer Hanuka, Asaf Hanuka, Etgar Keret

from: $98.59

הקייטנה של קנלר [ha-Kaitanah shel Kneler]
הקייטנה של קנלר [ha-Kaitanah shel Kneler]
Etgar Keret

Out of Stock

Bilek Kesenler
Bilek Kesenler
Etgar Keret

Out of Stock

סיפור אחרון וזהו
סיפור אחרון וזהו
艾加·凱磊, Etgar Keret

Out of Stock

Lots of Laughs! Vol. 18 (Selected Shorts Series)
Lots of Laughs! Vol. 18 (Selected Shorts Series)
Nicholson Baker, Ron Carlson, Etgar Keret, Isaiah Sheffer, David Schickler, John Updike, Symphony Space, Neil Gaiman

Out of Stock

Selected Shorts: Family Matters (Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story)
Selected Shorts: Family Matters (Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story)
Shirley Jackson, Rick Moody, Frank O'Connor, Symphony Space, Diane Leslie, Touré, Etgar Keret, Grace Paley

Out of Stock

Bipolar 5
Bipolar 5
Etgar Keret, Tomer Hanuka, Asaf Hanuka

Out of Stock

Customer Reviews

0 customer rating | 0 review
There are currently no reviews. Be the first to review this work.
Copyright © 2025 Thriftbooks.com Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information | Cookie Policy | Cookie Preferences | Accessibility Statement
ThriftBooks ® and the ThriftBooks ® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
GoDaddy Verified and Secured