All for nothing by walter kempowski5/9/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This single act proves their undoing, though initially she finds the adventure a thrill. Their lives take a dramatic change after Katharina agrees to help the local pastor and provide overnight refuge for a man. They enjoy a reasonable quality of life considering the Third Reich is collapsing and each story-line reveals more of the lives of the estate’s household. The book opens with episodes of the family receiving and entertaining a few passers-by who also appear briefly in the closing sections of the story. We are introduced to each member and also have an overview of the servants lives and their forays and affairs across the road to socialise in a workers camp. Auntie from Silesia runs the house aided by immigrant servants. ![]() His wife, Katharina is a quiet lady who locks herself away in her room while Peter, aged 12, their only surviving child, avoids the Hitler youth. Whilst the main characters are the Van Glubig family, their story evolves in their ancestral estate, Georgenhof.įather Eberhard, is away, based in Italy in a military support roll. “This novel set in East Prussia in January 1945, and translated from the German, tells an unusual story, or at least for British readers. Alison's bookshop > Ian’s Read & Recommended > “All for Nothing” by Walter Kempowski “All for Nothing” by Walter Kempowski ![]()
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