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All for nothing / Walter Kempowski ; translated from the German by Anthea Bell.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: German Publication details: London : Granta Books, 2016.Description: 343 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 1847087213
  • 9781847087218
Uniform titles:
  • Alles umsonst. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 833/.914 23
Summary: "It is January 19945. The German army is retreating from the Russian advance and refugees are fleeing the occupied territories in their thousands, in cars and cart and on foot. But in a rural East Prussian manor house the wealthy von Globig family seals itself off from the world. Protected from the dpreivation and chaos around them, they make no preparations to leave until a decision to harbour a stranger for the night begins their undoing." -- Back cover
List(s) this item appears in: Awarded General Fiction
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item reserves
Book Melbourne Athenaeum Library Fiction KEM Issued 07/05/2024 068004
Total reserves: 0

Translated from the German.

"It is January 19945. The German army is retreating from the Russian advance and refugees are fleeing the occupied territories in their thousands, in cars and cart and on foot. But in a rural East Prussian manor house the wealthy von Globig family seals itself off from the world. Protected from the dpreivation and chaos around them, they make no preparations to leave until a decision to harbour a stranger for the night begins their undoing." -- Back cover

Originally published in German München : Knaus, 2006 under title Alles umsonst 9783813502640

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