Mar 15, 2022 • 6M

Fungus

About a story that inadvertently grew in the creases between my fingers | Alphabet Audio Soup

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Etgar Keret
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The story “Fungus” is probably the only thing I’ve ever written about which I can’t say whether it’s fiction or non-fiction. On the one hand, everything written in it really did happen, but on the other hand, the way I describe the occurrences makes it definitely a short story.

Illustration by Elke Renate Steiner

Translated by Jessica Cohen

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