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When Death walks into your cafe, in pajamas

Published: Jan. 21, 2016, 9:10 a.m.

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Host Marcela Sulak reads from Alex Epstein\'s story\\xa0"Death in Pajamas," which appears in the Tel Aviv Noir anthology, edited by Etgar Keret and Assaf Gavron, and translated by Yardenne Greenspan. The story\\xa0begins:

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"Death wore a leather jacket over blue pajamas. He\\xa0opened the door and came in. Without a word, he\\xa0sat at the counter facing King George Street.\\xa0It was 7:24 in the morning. I\\u2019d just opened up shop and\\xa0made myself an espresso. To really wake up, you have to blow\\xa0on a mirror. That\\u2019s exactly what I was about to do when Death\\xa0came in."

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Epstein was born in St. Petersburg (called\\xa0Leningrad at the time) in 1971 and moved to Israel when he was eight years old. He is the author of four collections of short stories and three novels; his work has been widely translated. He\\u2019s also won the Israel Prime Minister\\u2019s Prize for Literature.

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Text:
Alex Epstein, \\u201cDeath in Pajamas,\\u201d Tel Aviv Noir edited by Etgar Keret and Assaf Gavron, translated by Yardenne Greenspan, Akashic Books, 2014.

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Music:
Ziknei Tsfat - HaShachen
Assaf Amdursky - 15 Dakot
Rockfour - Khor BaLevana
Aviv Geffen & Beri Sacharov - Sof HaOlam

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