In the Official Gazette, the Serbian edition of the Family Trilogy of the Austrian Literary Monica Helfer « Mosbruger », « Dad » and « LAWSE HEART » – Culture

The Serbian readers arrived in Prevoda Maja Aksentijevic, and in the release of the Official Gazette within the « Voices of the World » collection.

In presenting all three books as « touching testimony, affiliation and alienation, but also to neglected victims of war » Lovetary Ljubica Arsić, lawyer Aleksandar Jerkov, manager of the University Library « Svetozar Markovic ».

Although the family novel, as the topic of Monica Helfer is heard, is explained by its « municipal approach », as well as « painted » his family, as well as writing, which initiates serious themes and important thinking.

Monica Helfer’s family lived in Vorarlberg, the last of nine Austrian federal states.

The first book of trilogy « Mosbrugers » is dedicated to her grandmother, whose « beauty causes the envy of women and lust of men. »

The events were housed during the First World War in which Mary’s husband Jozef leaves leaving her to fight herself with Germany and four children.

Mosburghers lived on the edge of a mountain village where they were unwelcoming as apostates and poor, and the war only made it worse.

The arrival of a red-haired foreign party to the village that will spend one day at Marija and one night before the arrival of her husband for short leave will be crucial for Mosburger’s lives in the next generations.

– Monika Helfer, grandchildren’s main heroine of this novel, chair the intimate story of their family, without cliché, beautification, simple style that conquers readers and with the help of biblical text and number of pictures. This book also speaks to the First World War, his initially and consequences, about what he looked like from the other, the enemy side. Monika Helfer introduces the literature and history of war war and beyond the battlefield – Ljubica Arsić pointed out.

The second book from the trilogy has the title « Dad » and it is the central person’s father of Monica Helfer.

The participant of the Second World War was published as a disabled with the denture, widower, pensioner, library lover.

Monika Helfer His life of an unrequented smart man analyzes from different angles, but also speaks of his childhood and growing up in difficult circumstances and search for his own origin.

« Lava Heart » The name is the third book in which she painted a tragically short life of his younger brother Richard.

After his mother’s death, she and sisters grow separately from her brother, because the father left them to the tons of care.

In the late 1980s, the century Rihard is a young man, a letter in occupation, a ciffer to whom it does not carefully care about life, a restless spirit, a stray in the eternal quest.

He only takes responsibility when he entrusts himself, so even when his ex-girlfriend leaves him a child only nickname.

The imposed role of the Father provides him with a support in life, at least some time.

This book was heard of representing, « a sensitive portrait, the story of care, feeling guilt and fragility of family ties. »

According to Ljubica Arsić, Monika Helfer with this trilogy in which it is open and boldly facing family heritage and secrets, « rehabilitates the family by turning defeats in gain ».