Taube und Wildente
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| Author | Martin Mosebach |
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| Language | German |
| Publisher | Dtv Verlagsgesellschaft |
Publication date | 19 October 2022 |
| Publication place | Germany |
| Pages | 336 |
| ISBN | 978-3-423-28000-6 |
Taube und Wildente (lit. 'Dove and Wild Duck') is a 2022 novel by the German writer Martin Mosebach. It is set among German cultural workers, who all detest each other, and follows the unscrupulous Marjorie, remarried to the manager of a small unprofitable publishing house. The title refers to the painting Tote Feldtaube und Wildente by Otto Schloderer, which features in the plot.[1][2] Verena Auffermann of Deutschlandfunk Kultur described the book as a genre painting of "the depravation of a propertied social class".[3]
