This story is AMAZING! check out the read aloud version on this american life. episode: behind enemy lines.its hillarious.
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Fatso
A Short Story
Time goes by and you’re still together. The fucks just get better and better. She’s not so young anymore, and neither are you, and suddenly you find yourselves talking about a baby. And at night, you and the fatso guy hit the town like you’ve never done in your life. He takes you to restaurants and bars you didn’t even know existed, and you dance on the tables together, and break plates like there’s no tomorrow. He’s really nice, the fatso guy, a little crass, especially with women, sometimes coming out with things that you could just die. But other than that, he’s great fun to be with.
When you first met him, you didn’t give a damn about soccer, but now you know every team. And whenever one of your favorites wins, you feel like you’ve made a wish and it’s come true. Which is a pretty exceptional feeling for someone like you, who hardly knows what he wants most of the time. And so it goes: Every night you fall asleep with him struggling to stay awake for the Argentinean finals, and in the morning there she is, the beautiful, forgiving woman that you love too till it hurts.
Etgar Keret is the author ofThe Bus Driver Who Wanted To Be God and Other Stories. He lives in Israel. This story was translated by Miriam Shlesinger.
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This is the worst story ever conceived in history of short stories... I really wish that the author of this story gets burned alive or stabbed to death. No one should ever have to put themselves through the agony of reading this story and I really do hope that the author of this story gets banned from writing anything ever again. Die.
Homophobic much? The story is very clever and well written. Perhaps your agony while reading was due to your own insecurity and sexual identity questioning!
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