And he's contributed to This American Life. His work has been published in The New Yorker and The New York Times. In spite of the subject matter, his essays are often funny, as well as moving. Keret is a secular Jew but has a sister who's Orthodox. He also writes about religion and the ways in which it divides Israelis. Keret's essays are about being the son of survivors and being a father, knowing his son and his country face an uncertain future. Keret's mother is a Holocaust survivor, too. His father died of cancer at the age of 84 - a long life, considering that, as a teenager, he survived the Holocaust by living in a hole for nearly two years with his parents. Today, we have an interview with Israeli writer Etgar Keret about his collection of personal essays, "The Seven Good Years," in which he reflects on the seven years between his son's birth and his father's death.
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