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Sisyphus

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Etgar Keret
Feb 03, 2026
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In honor of Groundhog Day, I’d like to share with you one of the first stories I ever wrote, which has only just been translated into English (thanks, Jessica!). I wrote it during my first week of college. I was taking a class on the history of the novel, taught by a well-known and brilliant literary scholar named Meir Sternberg. In one of his lectures,…

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