- International Booker Prize 2017 · Winner · for the translation by Jessica Cohen
A Horse Walks into a Bar
סוס אחד נכנס לבר · Sus ehad nikhnas la-bar
David Grossman (דויד גרוסמן, born 1954)
Translated by Jessica Cohen
English editions
In EnglishA Horse Walks Into a Bar
Vintage · United States · 16 January 2018 · Paperback · 208 pages
A Horse Walks into a Bar
Jonathan Cape · United Kingdom · 2016 · 197 pages
A Horse Walks into a Bar
Vintage · United Kingdom · 16 June 2017 · 208 pages
A Horse Walks into a Bar
Alfred A. Knopf · United States · 2017 · Hardcover · 193 pages
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An evening of stand-up in a basement in Netanya starts to come apart in front of the audience. Whether the comedian loses control or planned it that way, people who came for a night of jokes find themselves at a very different performance, held in their seats by a glimpse of another man's private hell. Torn between what he owes his audience and what he owes himself, he lets crude jokes cut into moments of pity, sorrow and recognition.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 198 pages in the original
- Set in
- Israel
- First published
- 2014 by Hakibbutz Hameuchad / Siman Kriah
- Author's age
- 60 when first published
- ISBN
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9781910702932 (Jonathan Cape, United Kingdom)
9781784704223 (Vintage, United Kingdom)
9780451493972 (Alfred A. Knopf, United States)
9781101973493 (Vintage, United States)
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