![]() ![]() All for Nothing, published in 2006, was the last novel by Walter Kempowski, one of postwar Germany's most acclaimed and popular writers. ![]() A memorable and monumental final novel (Kirkus Reviews) from a legendary German. Yet in the main, life continues as banal, wondrous, and complicit as ever for the family, until their caution, their hedged bets, and their denial are answered by the wholly expected events they haven't allowed themselves to imagine. All For Nothing audiobook by Walter Kempowski, narrated by Grover Gardner. As the road fills with Germans fleeing the occupied territories, the Georgenhof begins to receive strange visitors-a Nazi violinist, a dissident painter, a Baltic baron, even a Jewish refugee. His critically applauded final novel, All for Nothing (Granta, 2015) was a bestseller in both Germany and the UK. Auntie runs the estate as best she can since Eberhard von Globig, a special officer in the German army, went to war, leaving behind his beautiful but vague wife, Katharina, and her bookish twelve-year-old son, Peter. Walter Kempowski (1929-2007) was one of Germany’s most important post-war writers, known for his acclaimed collection of first-hand accounts of WWII, including Swansong 1945 (Granta, 2014). The von Globig family's manor house, the Georgenhof, is falling into disrepair. In East Prussia, January 1945, the German forces are in retreat and the Red Army is approaching. ![]() A wealthy family tries-and fails-to seal themselves off from the chaos of post-World War II life surrounding them in this stunning novel by one of Germany's most important post-war writers. ![]()
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