Love set against the backdrop of the Opera Ball and a hairdressing salon, of Judaism and Islam: Julya Rabinowich’s young adult novel Mo & Moritz tells the story of two young men who must defend their relationship against their families - Frankfurter Allgemeine
Mo comes from a family with Muslim roots. When he starts a traineeship as a hairdresser in a luxury salon in Vienna, he finds himself immersed in a glamorous world. One evening, he is put to work backstage at the Vienna opera ball, and falls in love – with, of all people, Moritz, whose family is Jewish. Mo is on cloud nine – but he is also getting cold feet: what if his family finds out? Will he ever be able to stand by Moritz and his love for him? In Mo & Moritz, Julya Rabinowich offers up a love story for our times, which dives right into the dreams and hopes of young people today.