Books & Biscotti (Book Review) with Dr. Janna Nadler
Thursday, December 11, 2025 • 21 Kislev 5786
1:00 PM - 2:30 PMOnline via Zoom
by Etgar Keret
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Autocorrect by Etgar Keret
Etgar Keret is the world’s most famous living Israeli writer, known for writing short stories that are lean and accessible in style, and whimsical, surrealist, and darkly funny in subject. His work explores life’s smallest, most unremarkable interactions in ways that are profound and unusual. The characters populating his fiction have relatable work and relationship problems. They live in a world of ever-advancing technology, but it is always degraded by the baseness of human passions and brutality: a character’s partner is a reality show contestant from a parallel dimension; another finds the asteroid they paid to have named after their wife is scheduled to collide with earth; and an elderly widow convinces a popular AI program to commit suicide.
These stories speak to our current moment in time: the uncertainty and fragility—full of misunderstandings and miscommunications—while looking for reasons and the strength to find hope. His stories reveal the fault lines and uncomfortable truths in our society in a style that is memorably his own.
From Amazon.ca
For more information on the book and the author, please CLICK HERE to visit the publisher's website (Penguin Random House).
Dr. Janna Nadler has a B.Ed. and a Ph.D. in English Literature and has taught courses in Canadian Literature, Canadian Studies, and Children’s Literature for the University of Toronto and McMaster University. Janna has been facilitating BookTalks for over 20 years. As the director of JannaReads, Janna enjoys giving BookTalks and moderating AuthorTalks at events big and small, far and wide, where there are no exams and no grades—just good reading and great discussion. Janna also teaches senior high school English at a private High School in Toronto.
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