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סוס אחד נכנס לבר
by David Grossman, דויד גרוסמן
This is one of those high-wire performance books-- the main narrative is the stand up comedy performance one character, intercut with remininiscences from the protagonist, a childhood friend of the comedian. And it mostly works-- the jokes are good, the storytelling uses a couple cheats to tell the stories of the characters, but it's mostly plausible, and it's a moving story. Someone noted how the difficulty level of making this work-- using comedy, especially, which is so tied to language-- is increased since this is a translation. And it does work in the jokes, though there's a weird kind of slippage around the word "orphan" that made me wonder....
It's not perfect-- the coming and especially going of the audience is a little too convenient. And the presence of Pitz wants it both ways-- that her presence is a coincidence, but then later seems deliberate. But this is still a swing for the fences and a striking accomplishment.
It's not perfect-- the coming and especially going of the audience is a little too convenient. And the presence of Pitz wants it both ways-- that her presence is a coincidence, but then later seems deliberate. But this is still a swing for the fences and a striking accomplishment.