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Kneller's Happy Campers (1998)

by Etgar Keret(Favorite Author)
4.2 of 5 Votes: 6
ISBN
0701184310 (ISBN13: 9780701184315)
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English
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Chatto & Windus
review 1: I REALLY WISH that this was a full length novel instead of a short story. I love the entire concept. The movie based on this short story is one of my favorites - and while I wish the endings were the same for both, I can see why the short story ended the way it did... because it will linger in your brain for some time! The movie is a touch better SOLELY because of the song - if you've seen it, you'll know which one I'm talking about. ;) This was a quick, fascinating, not-at-all depressing read. I mean, sure, it's kinda grim, but it could be so much worse. Now I have to go watch the movie again!
review 2: The book begins strong but the middle and end of the narrative didn't have enough steam. The climax was anticlimatic and was entirely lackluster in its prose.
... more I was thrilled when I first picked it up but the book ultimately left me disappointed. I've read a few of Keret's short(er) fiction and loved it -- I think this work got caught in an uncomfortable middle between short fiction and novel. Had it been either longer or condensed, I think it could have been great. less
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kayhager
I've read this book many times. One of my all time favourites. A novella so beautifully dark!
zachary
Hay un cuento en especial que me gustó mucho. Los temas de este libro son muy buenos.
Tony
Mindfuck. Hand't I seen the movie first, it would be even more awesome.
wendy
Crazy,funny. It's like someone just wrote your craziest thoughts down.
Karen
3.5
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