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The Girl on the Fridge by Etgar Keret
2.0

Surrealist, minimalist Israeli short stories. I liked [b:Pizzeria Kamikaze|60426|Pizzeria Kamikaze|Etgar Keret|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170542068s/60426.jpg|4039366], the graphic novel Keret wrote, but I think at least 93% of my enjoyment there was based on Asaf Hanuka’s amazingly beautiful and evocative art. Without it, there were often things about Keret’s stories that I found admirable, but I didn’t particularly enjoy them—they read to me like [a:Raymond Carver|7363|Raymond Carver|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1201118985p2/7363.jpg], only more random and confusing. Just not my thing.