About the book: 1972 / The play by the famous German writer and playwright was written in 1939. The author himself defined the genre of the play as a chronicle from the time of the Thirty Years' War. The main character - Anna Fierling, a merchant known as Mother Courage - travels around Europe with her van - the only source of livelihood for her and her children - two adult sons and a mute daughter. Courage feeds on the war, but also suffers from the war.