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A review by srpraveen
סוס אחד נכנס לבר by David Grossman, דויד גרוסמן
3.0
An entire plot set around a single stand up comedy act probably made me pick this up. Yet, blurbs can be deceiving, and it is not quite bad always to be deceived. There is hardly anything remotely funny here, except the few namesake jokes that the 57-year old comedian Dovaleh throws at the audience who have gathered at a club in the Israeli town of Netanya.
It is otherwise an act where the comedian unravels himself, slowly peeling himself like an onion, and placing him and his deepest secrets before the audience. And witnessing this somewhat tragic act is the narrator, retired judge Avishai Lazar, and another woman, both of whom knew him in his childhood, days during which he used to walk on hands, tracing paths as in chess boards.
The 200 odd pages can be deceiving too, for it is no page turner. The reader's plight at times is similar to that of the audience in the club, wondering where he is taking us and searching desperately for what was promised - a night of fun. As it happens in the story, where some people walk out mid way through the show, some might stop this mid-way. But, curiosity might keep others at it. The comedian, on this day (the day which becomes the book), chooses to explore the pain and the untold stories that lies behind the laughs. But, did he make up that, to string together a story to last the evening, or did it all happen for real? Read to find out.
It is otherwise an act where the comedian unravels himself, slowly peeling himself like an onion, and placing him and his deepest secrets before the audience. And witnessing this somewhat tragic act is the narrator, retired judge Avishai Lazar, and another woman, both of whom knew him in his childhood, days during which he used to walk on hands, tracing paths as in chess boards.
The 200 odd pages can be deceiving too, for it is no page turner. The reader's plight at times is similar to that of the audience in the club, wondering where he is taking us and searching desperately for what was promised - a night of fun. As it happens in the story, where some people walk out mid way through the show, some might stop this mid-way. But, curiosity might keep others at it. The comedian, on this day (the day which becomes the book), chooses to explore the pain and the untold stories that lies behind the laughs. But, did he make up that, to string together a story to last the evening, or did it all happen for real? Read to find out.