Library for the war-wounded : a novel
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Author
Contributors
Davidson, Gillian, transl
Published
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024.
Physical Desc
199 pages ; 22 cm.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Amputees -- Fiction.
Austria -- History -- Fiction.
Books and reading -- Fiction.
Families -- Austria -- Fiction.
Fathers -- Fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Hospital libraries -- Fiction.
Hospitals, Convalescent -- Fiction.
Libraries -- Fiction.
Veterans -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Austria -- Fiction.
Austria -- History -- Fiction.
Books and reading -- Fiction.
Families -- Austria -- Fiction.
Fathers -- Fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Hospital libraries -- Fiction.
Hospitals, Convalescent -- Fiction.
Libraries -- Fiction.
Veterans -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Austria -- Fiction.
Other Subjects
Amputees -- Fiction.
Anciens combattants -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Austria -- History -- Fiction.
Autriche -- Histoire -- Romans, nouvelles,
Biblioth©Łeques -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Biblioth©Łeques d'h©Đopital -- Romans, nouvelles,
Books and reading -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Familles -- Autriche -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Father-daughter relationship -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Hospital libraries -- Fiction.
Libraries -- Administration -- Fiction.
Libraries -- Fiction.
Livres et lecture -- Romans, nouvelles, et
Novels.
Personnes amput©Øees -- Romans, nouvelles, et
P©Łeres -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
P©Łeres et filles -- Romans, nouvelles, e
Romans.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
Anciens combattants -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Austria -- History -- Fiction.
Autriche -- Histoire -- Romans, nouvelles,
Biblioth©Łeques -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Biblioth©Łeques d'h©Đopital -- Romans, nouvelles,
Books and reading -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Familles -- Autriche -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Father-daughter relationship -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Hospital libraries -- Fiction.
Libraries -- Administration -- Fiction.
Libraries -- Fiction.
Livres et lecture -- Romans, nouvelles, et
Novels.
Personnes amput©Øees -- Romans, nouvelles, et
P©Łeres -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
P©Łeres et filles -- Romans, nouvelles, e
Romans.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
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Published
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"First published in 2021 in Germany as Vati by Carl Hanser Verlag. First published in the United States 2024."--Title page verso.
Description
"Inspired by the author's family history, this...story transports us to the aftermath of World War II where her father, Josef Helfer, after returning from the war an amputee, managed a convalescent home for the war-wounded and became obsessed with the home's unlikely and remarkable library"--,Provided by publisher.
Description
The internationally bestselling novel--a daughter's portrait of her WWII veteran father, assembled from shards of memory. We called him Vati, Dad. Not Papa. He thought it sounded modern. He wanted to present himself to us, and through us, as a man in tune with the modern age. A man who could be read as having a different past. Inspired by the author's family history, Library for the War-Wounded transports readers to the aftermath of World War II, uncovering the life of Helfer's father, Josef. Born with the stigma of illegitimacy, he found solace in books, and his education was eventually funded by the Catholic Church. Drafted into the Wehrmacht, he witnessed the horrors of the Eastern Front and returned from the war an amputee. He married his nurse and brought his family to the high, idyllic slopes of the Austrian Alps, where he took a position as manager of a convalescent home for war-wounded. Josef was a man of many mysteries. To his daughter Monika, none was greater than his obsession with the home's unlikely and remarkable library, his great treasure and comfort as the country barrels away from the memory of war. He will stop at nothing to save it--even when it tears apart his family. Beautifully restrained and compressed, Library for the War-Wounded turns lived experience into great literature by confronting the universal question: Can we ever truly know our parents?
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Helfer, M., & Davidson, G. (2024). Library for the war-wounded: a novel . Bloomsbury Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Helfer, Monika, 1947- and Gillian, Davidson. 2024. Library for the War-wounded: A Novel. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Helfer, Monika, 1947- and Gillian, Davidson. Library for the War-wounded: A Novel Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Helfer, Monika, and Gillian Davidson. Library for the War-wounded: A Novel Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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