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My thoughts on a horse walks into a bar by david grossman, translated from the hebrew by jessica cohen and shortlisted for the man booker international prize 2017. A horse walks into a bar is a searing story of loss and survival. First published in hebrew in 2014 by hakibbutz hameuchad as sus echad nichnas lebar, the book was translated into english by jessica cohen, and published in the uk by jonathan cape in november 2016 and in the us by alfred a. May 10, 2017 my thoughts on a horse walks into a bar by david grossman, translated from the hebrew by jessica cohen and shortlisted for the man booker international prize 2017. Fiction literature humor fiction publication details. Dovs routine shifts into a selfdeprecating autobiography, interwoven throughout the night despite numerous. When the action between them starts up again, the judge is cautiously warding off the return of memory. Winner of the 2017 man booker international prize in a dive bar in a small israeli city, dov greenstein, a comedian a bit past his prime, takes the. It would not be at all accurate to portray dovs routine as comedy. In a little dive in a small israeli city, dov greenstein, a comedian a bit past his prime, is doing a night of standup.
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