The Brothel in Rosenstrasse
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The Brothel in Rosenstrasse is a 1982 novel
by Michael Moorcock
. The main character is Rickhardt von Bek, of the von Bek
family central to some of Moorcock's other fantasy novels, notably The War Hound and the World's Pain
, The City in the Autumn Stars
, and The Dragon in the Sword. The novel is written as Von Bek's memoir of a dying, demented man, in which he recalls his time with a bi-sexual, teenage nymphet girl and how they take refuge in an upscale brothel in a German city under siege during a 19th-century war. The proper German spelling of the novel's title is "Rosenstraße" (Rose Street).
Unlike the other von Bek stories, the novel is not a fantasy. It takes place in a fictitious locale—the free city of Mirenburg, capital of a similarly fictitious independent state bordering Germany called Waldenstein—but is otherwise realistic in content. Moorcock describes Mirenburg as "an attempt to produce an ideal middle European city," based mainly on Prague.
Moorcock also recorded and released a single called "Brothel in Rosenstrasse". The song was included as a bonus track on the Griffin Records rerelease of the Michael Moorcock and the Deep Fix album, The New Worlds Fair.http://www.starfarer.net/solowrks2.html
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by Michael Moorcock
Michael Moorcock
Michael John Moorcock is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published a number of literary novels....
. The main character is Rickhardt von Bek, of the von Bek
Ulrich von Bek
Graf Ulrich von Bek is a fictional character created by Michael Moorcock. He and his descendants are a somewhat unusual family in Moorcock's works, as they function both as an aspect of his Eternal Champion and as a companion to him. The family is considered to be the current Keeper of the Holy...
family central to some of Moorcock's other fantasy novels, notably The War Hound and the World's Pain
The War Hound and the World's Pain
The War Hound and the World's Pain is a 1981 fantasy novel by Michael Moorcock, the first of the "von Bek" series of novels.The book is set in Europe ravaged by the Thirty Years' War. Its hero Ulrich von Bek is a mercenary and freethinker, who finds himself a damned soul in a castle owned by Lucifer...
, The City in the Autumn Stars
The City in the Autumn Stars
The City in the Autumn Stars: Being a Continuation of the Story of the Von Bek Family and Its Association With Lucifer, Prince of Darkness, a science fantasy novel by Michael Moorcock, is the second book in the Von Bek trilogy, which was published by Grafton in 1986...
, and The Dragon in the Sword. The novel is written as Von Bek's memoir of a dying, demented man, in which he recalls his time with a bi-sexual, teenage nymphet girl and how they take refuge in an upscale brothel in a German city under siege during a 19th-century war. The proper German spelling of the novel's title is "Rosenstraße" (Rose Street).
Unlike the other von Bek stories, the novel is not a fantasy. It takes place in a fictitious locale—the free city of Mirenburg, capital of a similarly fictitious independent state bordering Germany called Waldenstein—but is otherwise realistic in content. Moorcock describes Mirenburg as "an attempt to produce an ideal middle European city," based mainly on Prague.
Moorcock also recorded and released a single called "Brothel in Rosenstrasse". The song was included as a bonus track on the Griffin Records rerelease of the Michael Moorcock and the Deep Fix album, The New Worlds Fair.http://www.starfarer.net/solowrks2.html