Second volume v Monika Helfer's internationally bestselling wartime trilogy, založené na histórii svojej rodnej rodiny. 'We called him Vati, Dad. Nie Father, nie Papa. That's what he wanted. He thought it sounded modern. He wanted to present himself to us, a cez us, as človek v tune s moderným age. Though he seemed to come from nowhere.' Jozef bol illegitimate dieťa, a charity case from Salzburg, schooled by a benefactor. Bola drafted to boj v Second World War, zatiaľ čo stále na škole a spraviť to Rusko, returning with only one leg. Má prenajaté jeho sestra, a brought jeho rodina do vysokej, idylické stĺpy z Austrian Alps, kde sa toku a pozícia ako manažér domova pre injured soldiers, a strangely suspended, hlboko izolované miesto s remarkable library. He was a man of many mysteries. To jeho dcéra, Monika, non bol greater than jeho obsession with these cloistered, zrúcaniny kníh, jeho great treasure a secret amidst a krajinu barrelling away z memory of war. Beautifully píše, restrained, a memorable, Library pre War-Wounded turns a skutočný život do veľkého literatúry s konfrontáciou univerzálnej otázky: Ktoré sú naše parenty, skutočne?