All for nothing
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Bell, Anthea translator.
Erpenbeck, Jenny, 1967- author of introduction.
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Published:
New York : New York Review Books, [2018].
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
xiv, 343 pages ; 21 cm.
Language:
Unknown
ISBN:
9781681372051, 1681372053, 9781681372051

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General Note
"Originally published in German in 2006 as Alles umsonst"--Copyright page.
Description
"[This book] describes ... the atmosphere in East Prussia during the winter of 1944-1945 as the German forces are in retreat and the Red Army approaches. The von Globig family's manor house, the Georgenhof, is falling into a state of disrepair. 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. As the road beside the house fills with Germans fleeing the occupied territories, the Georgenhof receives strange visitors--a Nazi violinist, a dissident painter, a Baltic baron, even a Jewish refugee--but life continues in the main as banal, wondrous, and complicit as ever for the main characters, until their caution, their hedged bets and provisions, their wondering, and their denial are answered by the wholly expected events they haven't allowed themselves to imagine"--,Provided by publisher.
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In English, translated from the German.

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APA Citation (style guide)

Kempowski, W., Bell, A., & Erpenbeck, J. (2018). All for nothing. New York Review Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Kempowski, Walter, Anthea Bell and Jenny Erpenbeck. 2018. All for Nothing. New York Review Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Kempowski, Walter, Anthea Bell and Jenny Erpenbeck, All for Nothing. New York Review Books, 2018.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Kempowski, Walter, et al. All for Nothing. New York Review Books, 2018.

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