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Unraveling a comedian's personal hell.

A unique and thought-provoking story of a comedian unraveling on stage and revealing his personal history of betrayal and guilt, provoking a mix of emotions from laughter to tears. The book provides a deep insight into the human condition and the internal struggles we all face. Highly recommended for those who enjoy complex character development and unconventional storytelling.

  • PEN Translation Prize Nominee for Jessica Cohen (2018)
  • International Booker Prize (2017)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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A Horse Walks into a Bar

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ISBN: 9781784704223
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: $20.76
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Date of Publication: 2017-06-16
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.52
(rated by 14319 readers)

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WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2017A Guardian and New Statesman Book of the YearThe setting is a comedy club in a small Israeli town. An audience that has come expecting an evening of amusement instead sees a comedian falling apart on stage; an act of disintegration, a man crumbling, as a matter of choice, before their eyes. They could get up and leave, or boo and whistle and drive him from the stage, if they were not so drawn to glimpse his personal hell. Dovaleh G, a veteran stand-up comic – charming, erratic, repellent – exposes a wound he has been living with for years: a fateful and gruesome choice he had to make between the two people who were dearest to him.A Horse Walks into a Bar is a shocking and breathtaking read. Betrayals between lovers, the treachery of friends, guilt demanding redress. Flaying alive both himself and the people watching him, Dovaleh G provokes both revulsion and empathy from an audience that doesn’t know whether to laugh or cry – and all this in the presence of a former childhood friend who is trying to understand why he’s been summoned to this performance.
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Unraveling a comedian's personal hell.

A unique and thought-provoking story of a comedian unraveling on stage and revealing his personal history of betrayal and guilt, provoking a mix of emotions from laughter to tears. The book provides a deep insight into the human condition and the internal struggles we all face. Highly recommended for those who enjoy complex character development and unconventional storytelling.

  • PEN Translation Prize Nominee for Jessica Cohen (2018)
  • International Booker Prize (2017)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.