Etgar Keret is an ingenious and original master of the short story. Radical, witty and always unusual, declared a 'genius' by theNew York Times, Keret brings all of his prodigious talent to bear in this bestselling collection.

A man barges into a writer's house and, holding a gun to his head, demands that he tell him a story, something to take him away from the real world. A pathological liar discovers one day that all the lies he tells come true. A young woman finds a zip in her boyfriend's mouth, and when she opens it he unfolds to reveal a completely different man inside.Suddenly, a Knock on the Dooris at once Keret's most mature and most playful work yet, and establishes him as one of the great international writers of our time.

Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, Etgar Keret is one of the leading voices in Israeli literature and cinema. He is the author of five bestselling collections, which have been translated into twenty-nine languages. His writing has been published in theNew York Times,le Monde, theGuardian, theParis ReviewandZoetrope. He has also written a number of award-winning screenplays, andJellyfish, the first film that he directed -along with his wife Shira Geffen - won the Camera d'Or prize for best first feature at Cannes in 2007. In 2010 he was awarded the Chevalier medallion of France's Order of Arts and Letters.

From the critically acclaimed master short-story teller Etgar Keret, comes this long-awaited and bestselling collection>