Pierre Jarawan: Frau im Mond

In the organizer's words:

"There is no never for the human spirit."

On August 4, 1966, a group of students - the Lebanese Rocket Society - set off a space rocket to lead Lebanon into a prosperous future. Exactly 54 years later to the day, there is an explosion in Beirut harbor that shakes the entire country. Pierre Jarawan masterfully links these two historical events into a family story that connects continents and goes far beyond the fate of the Middle East. For in Montréal, Canada, twin sisters Lilit and Lina come across traces of their Armenian grandmother Anoush ...

"Woman in the Moon" is great storytelling - multi-layered, full of life and tragicomic events. A fabulous pleasure to read!

"From the very first pages,Frau im Mond takes us on a poetic pictorial journey and envelops us with the tender magic and incomparable linguistic melody that make Pierre Jarawan so special. "Vera Kahl, Buchhandlung Blattgold, Munich

"Pierre Jarawan is a gifted storyteller. Each of his novels opens up a universe of story(s) and at the same time anchors our humanity firmly in the present through the weight of time. He writes his characters directly into our reading hearts." Maria-Christina Piwowarski

Pierre Jarawan was born in Amman, Jordan, in 1985 to a Lebanese father and a German mother. He came to Germany at the age of three and grew up in Kirchheim unter Teck. He studied at the Munich University of Television and Film. His novels "Am Ende bleiben die Zedern" (2016) and "Ein Lied für die Vermissten" (2020) have won awards, been translated into numerous languages and are international bestsellers. His third major novel "Woman in the Moon" will be published in April 2025. He lives with his family in Munich.