Etgar Keret opens 'world's narrowest home' in Warsaw
PR dla Zagranicy
Peter Gentle
22.10.2012 00:01
Etgar Keret, the Israeli novelist with Polish roots, opened the 'world's narrowest home' in Warsaw this weekend, on the outskirts of what was the WW II Jewish ghetto.
Etgar Keret; below, Warsaw mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz (left) with Etgar Keret opening apartment, Saturday: photo PAP
'Keret House', the creation of architect Jakub Szczesny, is just 152 cm at its widest point and was built as an art installation in memory of Keret's parents, who survived the Holocaust.
The living area comes equipped with micro-kitchen, bathroom, sleeping area and work room.
“If you are claustrophobic, don't come here for a game of scrabble or cup of tea,” Etgar Keret, internationally known for his short story and graphic novel writing said of the small town house situated on the corners of Chłodna and Żelazna streets.
Keret's home when he visits the Polish capital is situated close to where his mother was born and brought up.
The official opening was attended by Mayor of Warsaw Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz and has already become a tourist attraction in the area to the north of the city centre. (pg)
source: PAP/gazeta Wyborcza
Correction: This article was corrected at 13.05, Monday - The original article claimed that the novelist's parents were killed in the Holocaust: of course, with the novelist only having been born in 1967 this is an impossibility. Apologies. Peter Gentle (Ed thenews.pl)