Monika Helfer

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• Wie die Welt weiterging

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  Wie die Welt weiterging

  AITitle translated by AI:“How the World Went On”

  Monika Helfer · 77 when first published

  Short stories · 757 pages

  AIAI-generated summary:Stories for every day of the year, 365 in all: everyday moments, adventures, encounters and walks through nature, seen by a writer in the rhythm of a whole year.

• Vati

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  Library for the War-Wounded

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  Monika Helfer · 74 when first published

  Novel · 208 pages · Family, Autofiction

  AIAI-generated summary:A man with an artificial leg, an absent father, a widower and a lover of literature: a daughter circles the life of her silent father and tells of her own childhood in a war veterans' convalescent home in the mountains.

• Die Bagage

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  Last House Before the Mountain

  Die Bagage

  Monika Helfer · 73 when first published

  Novel · 192 pages · Family, Historical, War

  AIAI-generated summary:Josef and Maria Moosbrugger and their children live on the edge of a mountain village, poor and despised. When Josef is called up in the First World War, Maria is left alone, dependent on the mayor's protection.