by Karen Duve · Eichborn Verlag Ag · tapa dura · ISBN 9783821809533
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«Taxi» is the novel by Karen Duve, published by Eichborn Verlag in hardcover (312 pages, in German).
Alex Herwig, a young German woman adrift after a frustrating education, finds a way to earn a living behind the wheel of a taxi in Hamburg. Between night shifts, unusual passengers and eccentric colleagues, the novel portrays with acerbic humor and a critical eye urban life, relationships and society in the 1980s.
The cover bears the subtitle 'Roman'. The novel was longlisted for the Deutscher Buchpreis 2008.
For readers of contemporary German fiction who appreciate a caustic tone and urban stories.
Karen Duve is a German author. After secondary school, she worked as a proof-reader and taxi driver in Hamburg. Since 1990 she has been a freelance writer.
