The image of St. Anthony abbey in H. Böll’s novel “billiards at half-past nine”
The article is devoted to the regarding of the function of the image of St. Anthony Abbey in the work of Heinrich Böll «Billiards at half- past nine». The novel was the culmination of ethical and aesthetic views, a kind of «quintessence» of the moral imperative of the German writer. Heinrich Böll is closely connected with the history of Germany; also in the novel the life of Dynasty of architects the Faehmel family. In the novel the abbey symbolizes the old Germany, the place that gave rise to two wars and fascism, lead to irreparable losses for the Faehmels in particular, and for the people of Germany in general.