{"id":39496,"date":"2012-10-05T15:00:18","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T19:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=39496"},"modified":"2012-10-05T16:07:40","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T20:07:40","slug":"etgar-keret-tel-aviv-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/05\/etgar-keret-tel-aviv-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Etgar Keret, Tel Aviv, Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>A series on what writers from around the world see from their windows.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Etgar_Keret1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39502\" title=\"Etgar_Keret\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Etgar_Keret1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Etgar_Keret1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Etgar_Keret1-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The nicest place I ever got to write in was in MacDowell. My studio there was surrounded by a beautiful snowy forest, and looking out of the windows I could often see deer. During my residency there a friend came to visit. After having a beer together he said, \u201cThere is so much beauty around you, yet I can see from the angle at which your computer is placed that when you write all you can see is the toilet. Why is that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The answer was simple. When I write, what I see around me is the landscape of my story. I only get to enjoy the real one when I&#8217;m done. In the Keret family tradition my writing space is always one of the least desirable spots in our apartment, a place which only a person who is busy writing can bear. Currently it is a small metal table placed between the living room and the kitchen. The moment I stop writing I can notice on the other side of the road a beautiful grand tree allegedly planted sixty years ago by one of Israel\u2019s finest children poets as well as the happy mess my son and I left on the balcony the day before, but this is just for a moment, most of the time I just see my stories which are usually much messier than the balcony floor. \u2014Etgar Keret<\/p>\n<p>[tweetbutton]<\/p>\n<p>[facebook_ilike]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A series on what writers from around the world see from their windows. The nicest place I ever got to write in was in MacDowell. My studio there was surrounded by a beautiful snowy forest, and looking out of the windows I could often see deer. During my residency there a friend came to visit. 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