Group Portrait with Lady by Heinrich Böll. Short summary

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Leni Pfeiffer is a beautiful woman who is 48 years old. She has lived a difficult life, has been married several times and even had an affair with a Russian soldier. Her neighbors consider her easy-going.

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Leni Pfeiffer is a prominent woman. She is 48 years old and lives in a house that practically does not belong to her. She was dazzlingly beautiful when she was young, but even now she still has traits that attract men of all ages. Her neighbors consider her frivolous, but, in fact, know little about her.

She has been intimate with a man no more than 25 times in her life. But many lust after her even now. The woman likes to sing and dance half-naked, smokes no more than eight cigarettes a day. At the same time, she is uncommunicative, silent. The author went to the hospital to see her friend Margaret. She is dying in the hospital of a venereal disease. When she was younger, she was less sensual, but she could not refuse any man.

Leni, on the other hand, was truly in love several times and was even married to a Russian soldier.

Forbidden love remained the highlight of Lennie’s life. Through her efforts, he was moved from a 1:1 death camp to a 1:5,8 death camp. The heroes conceived a son and even raised him together for a while.