The brothel in Rosenstrasse

About “The brothel in Rosenstrasse”

The Brothel in Rosenstrasse is a 1982 novel by Michael Moorcock. The main character is Rickhardt von Bek, a member of the von Bek family, who appears in other Moorcock fantasy novels. The story is presented as a memoir by a dying, demented man, recounting his time with a bi-sexual teenage girl and their refuge in a brothel in a German city during a 19th-century war. The brothel is described as superior, offering shelter amid the conflict. The novel's title uses the standard German spelling "Rosenstraße." (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)