Deborah Treisman speaks to the author Etgar Keret, whose short story, “Mitzvah,” was inspired by an argument with a taxi driver on a ride through Tel Aviv.
” came from a taxi ride. Can you explain?
Did it help that Yogev and his brother have slightly worse characters than the narrator, so that you had gradations of likability? How did you and your translator, Jessica Cohen, work on turning the Hebrew slang in the story into comparable American slang?
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