Alphabet Soup
Alphabet audio Soup
At Night
0:00
-3:22

Paid episode

The full episode is only available to paid subscribers of Alphabet Soup

At Night

When you're alone in bed, in the dark, all the things you've repressed stop by for a visit | Alphabet Audio Soup
Etgar Keret
Apr 19, 2022
∙ Paid
2
Share
Illustration by Mia Funk

Share Alphabet Soup

“At Night” is a strange story. Even though each of its paragraphs describes a different human failure, the sum total always fills me with joy. It’s not the kind of joy you’d see modelled by someone who just won the lottery or an Oscar, but something far more humble: the joy of being injured in a car crash and discovering you’ve only sprained your ankle instead of breaking it. Maybe that’s why I like reading this story to an audience so much.

Intro Translated by Jessica Cohen
”At Night” translated by Sondra Silverston

This post is for paid subscribers

Alphabet Soup
Alphabet audio Soup
Listen to the author read his stories in a strange foreign accent
Listen on
Substack App
RSS Feed
Appears in episode
Etgar Keret
Recent Episodes
Glittery Eyes
 • Etgar Keret
Cheerful Colors
 • Etgar Keret
Now If You Were Teaching Creative Writing, He Asked, What Would You Tell Them?
 • Etgar Keret
Jews in the Land of Israel
 • Etgar Keret
Khobeza
 • Etgar Keret
A Letter of Recommendation
 • Etgar Keret
Crazy Glue
 • Etgar Keret
One Moment of One Love
 • Etgar Keret