Israeli Perspective: Etgar Keret

Fresh Air

Published August 2, 2006 at 11:00 AM EDT

Etgar Keret, a best-selling author in Israel whose books have also been published in the United States, talks about recent events in the Middle East. Keret collaborated with Palestinian author Samir El-Youssef for the book Gaza Blues. Keret contributed a collection of short stories and El-Youssef, a novella.

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