--- description: Keret is an Israeli writer known for his short stories and screenwriting. His books include Fly Already: Stories, The Seven Good Years, and several others. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Etgar Keret ## Etgar Keret Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Keret is an Israeli writer known for his short stories and screenwriting. His books include [Fly Already: Stories](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316693/fly-already-by-etgar-keret/), The Seven Good Years, and several others. ## Etgar Keret Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Aug 14, 2023 ### [Israel's Existential Crisis](https://time.com/6304322/israel-judicial-reforms-existential-crisis/) Within months, Israel could find itself living in a different political world. Now is the moment of ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/etgar-keret/","name":"Etgar Keret"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/etgar-keret/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/etgar-keret/"},"name":"Etgar Keret","jobTitle":null,"description":"Keret is an Israeli writer known for his short stories and screenwriting. His books include Fly Already: Stories, The Seven Good Years, and several others.","url":"https://time.com/author/etgar-keret/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```