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Why We Took the Car

2010 novel by Wolfgang Herrndorf
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23 properties
Instance of
literary work
Author
Wolfgang Herrndorf[1]
Genre
Bildungsroman, coming-of-age fiction[2][3]
Language of work or name
German[6]
Publication date
2010[8]
Followed by
Pictures Of Your True Love[5]
Nominated for
Leipzig Book Fair Prize/Fiction[16]
Characters
Maik Klingenberg, Andrej Tschichatschow[9][10]
Copyright status
copyrighted[37]
Country of origin
Germany[7]
Derivative work
Goodbye Berlin[36]
Described by source
Dresdner Hefte[15]
First line
Als Erstes ist da der Geruch von Blut und Kaffee.[31]
Form of creative work
novel[38]
Has version, edition or translation
Tschick[11]
Intended public
young adult[32]
Last line
Aber doch ziemlich lange.[35]
Main subject
road trip, friendship[13][14]
Named after
Andrej Tschichatschow[4]
Narrative location
Eastern Germany[12]
Narrator
Maik Klingenberg[34]
Set in period
2010[33]
Title
Tschick, Gud baj, Berlin!, Tsjik, Tchick, Un' estate lunga sette giorn, Csikk, Čik, Čik, Ladaromaani, Goodbye Berlín, Goodbye Berlin, Yokuş aşaˇgi, Wo de hao you Qi ke, O varˇa mişto, J¯uyonsai bokura no shiss¯o, Czik, Čik, Why we took the car, Tjick, Pse e rrëmbyem makinën, Čik ili zašto vzechme ladata, Gong lu shao nian, Čiks, Good bye Berlin, Čik, Berolino, geia, Čikas, Čik, Čiki, al- Muh¯aˇgir ar-r¯usi, Tš¯ik, Miks me varastasime auto[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]
🏷️ Also known as
en Tschick en Why We Took the Car cs Čik fr Goodbye Berlin nl Tsjik
🔖 Identifiers · 9
VIAF cluster ID
308663530
GND ID
105260790X
Goodreads work ID
14280986
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/120t41vz
IDU literary work ID
1725
LibraryThing work ID
10384245
MusicBrainz work ID
46332263-d67a-438c-9fd6-61f9d1fcac68
Open Library ID
OL16621819W
TV Tropes ID
Literature/WhyWeTookTheCar

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  31. [31] ↑ . Tschick. wikidata.org.
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  33. [33] ↑ . Tschick. wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . Tschick. wikidata.org.
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  38. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 25w ago · Peter James · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → 2010 novel by Wolfgang Herrndorf
    Named after → Andrej Tschichatschow
    Derivative work → Goodbye Berlin
    Intended public → young adult
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