The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God and Other Stories

"The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God and Other Stories" is a collection of short stories by Etgar Keret. My two favorites are the title story and the story for which I bought the book - Kneller's Happy Campers, the short story that was the basis for Wristcutters: A Love Story.

The language in the stories is amazing, and as far as I can tell, I don't think that the translation lost any meaning.

Breaking the Pig and Korbi's Girl were some of my other favorites, but they were all good in their own respect.

If you are a fan of Wristcutters: A Love Story, it is well worth reading, if not just for Kneller's Happy Campers. I still like the movie better than the story, but just because there is a lot more stuffed into the movie, whereas the story is kind of just the bare bones. The movie also has an ending which I like a lot more. ^.^

I give the book as a whole a 7/10.


I also picked up a copy of Pizzeria Kamikaze, the graphic novel based on the story of Kneller's Happy Campers. The graphic novel was nice, and the illustrations brought what Keret initially imagined to life. Not too much different here from the story, including a lot of the words. It's like they just copy-and-pasted the words from the story.

I give the graphic novel a 7/10.


Now, as for the movie, I gave a little bit of my feelings a while ago when I listed my top 20 movies of 2007. However, I will just add a little bit more to what I had to say. I have fallen in love with the characters in this story. It really has made me value this life a lot more, even. The actors and actresses all did wonderful jobs in bringing Keret's characters to life. They screenplay was beautifully adapted.

The movie receives a 10/10.