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Thanks for sharing these exquisite, beautiful illustrations

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Oct 3, 2023Liked by Etgar Keret

Wanting to find English copies for my grandchildren but am coming up empty. Can you help? Thank you!

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The only Polonsky children I found in English was "The Heart Shaped Leaf" . Its his first children book and it is one of his best ever. The honest disclosure is that my wife, Shira Geffen, wrote it (:

Next year "Restless Books" Will publish Polonsky's "Moonless Night" written by Shira and by me.

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Oct 4, 2023Liked by Etgar Keret

Thank you. Yes I ordered 4 copies of the Heartshaped leaf for grandchildren yesterday:), and

you must have special powers to be married to such a lovely and talented woman. Alan

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Just lucky (: It is an awesome book and Polonski's work in it is pretty amazing.

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His illustrations are magical. Thank you so much for sharing them with us.

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Oct 4, 2023Liked by Etgar Keret

I love these tributes of yours Elgar. Thanks for introducing me to this dude. He sounds terrific…

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Beautiful illustrations and so diverse. Thank you so much. I’ll be getting your wife’s book, it sounds lovely. On another note, have you read Julio Ramón Ribeyro’s “The Word of the Speechless” (short stories)? I’d love to read a review of it by you. They’re very different than your stories but there’s something about his intellectual creativity that makes me think of yours. It would be really interesting to hear your perspective.

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I’ll look it up when the war here is over.

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Oct 8, 2023·edited Oct 8, 2023Liked by Etgar Keret

Thank you so much. Please stay as safe as you can, you and your family are very much in our thoughts, we are hoping for the best. ❤️

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And may he not be usurped by an AI app stealing his style in the blink of an eye...

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