The Moon and the Maiden

A midsummer night’s dream in Frankfurt

Hans considers himself lucky. He’s just got married and obtained a new job in Frankfurt. He and his wife Ina move into a rather run-down flat close to the shady main station, when things start to get a little messy. One day, Ina finds a dead pigeon in the bedroom. Then, a wedding ring goes missing, their neighbours turn out to be magical, and a late-night drinking session turns into a witches’ dance. Meanwhile, the complexities of the art of seduction put young love to a difficult test.

Awarded with the Georg-Büchner Prize in 2007
Humour and melancholy with a light touch – told against the backdrop of the railway district at night
»The most tender and light-handed novel that Martin Mosebach has written to date.« Hubert Spiegel, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Genre: Fiction, Literary Fiction

192 pages, ISBN: 978-3-423-14934-1

First published 2025