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All for Nothing by Walter Kempowski; Anthea Bell (Translator)
$22.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
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. In East Prussia, January 1945, the German forces are in retreat and the Red Army is approaching. The von Glo ...Show more
An Ordinary Youth by Walter Kempowski; Michael Lipkin
$46.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
An Ordinary Youth is a novel drawn directly from the author's boyhood in Nazi Germany. Nine-year-old Walter's family is moving house when the novel opens, but Walter's main concerns are his tin soldiers and his older brother's jazz records, his father's fluctuating moods, and his mother's ministrations ...Show more
Homeland by Walter Kempowski
$32.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
A sharply evocative novel of one man's journey into his family history and the troubled legacy of World War II, from the author of All for Nothing.
Swansong 1945: A Collective Diary from Hitler's Last Birthday to VE Day by Walter Kempowski
$59.99 NZD
Category: History
Swansong 1945 brings together hundreds of letters, diary extracts and autobiographical accounts to chronicle four days in 1945: 20th April, Hitler's last birthday, 25th April, when American and Soviet troops first met at the Elbe, 30th April, the day Hitler committed suicide, and 8th May, the day of the ...Show more
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