Taxi (English edition)

Taxi (English edition)
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 177
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ISBN-10 : 9789992194317
ISBN-13 : 9992194316
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Book Synopsis Taxi (English edition) by : Khaled Al Khamissi

Download or read book Taxi (English edition) written by Khaled Al Khamissi and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A best-selling modern masterpiece in the author's home country of Egypt, Taxi consists of fifty-eight fictional monologues with Cairo taxi drivers that have been recreated from the author's own experience, taking the reader on a roller-coaster of emotions as bumpy and noisy as the city's potholed and chaotic streets. Described as an urban sociology, an ethnography, a classic of oral history - and a work of poetry in motion - it tells Herculean tales of the struggle for survival and dignity among Greater Cairo's 80,000 cab drivers.


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