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  • Bibliography:
    5 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1981
  • Latest Book:
    November 2023
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Book List in Order: 5 titles



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    First American edition. Ex-library with clear wraps, spine label and card pocket. Spine slightly cocked, brown stain on rfep; otherwise very good and clean. Dust jacket fine. 399 pages. Novel-memoir of Germany in the 20th century....



  • 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 ret...



  • It is 1988, the year before the Berlin Wall came down. Jonathan Fabrizius, a journalist living in West Germany, is asked to travel to the contested lands of former East Prussia - where the Nazi legacy lives on in buildings and fortifications - to w...



  • A moving, darkly funny road trip novel about World War II, returning to one's birthplace, and coming to terms with tragedy.West Germany, 1988, just before the fall of the Berlin Wall: Jonathan Fabrizius, a middle-aged erstwhile journalist, has a comf...



  • A provocative novel about growing up in Nazi Germany, as seen through the eyes of a child witnessing the spread of intolerance and political unrest in his town. An Ordinary Youth is a novel drawn directly from the author's boyhood in Nazi Germany. ...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Walter Kempowski has published 5 books.

Walter Kempowski does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, An Ordinary Youth, was published in November 2023.

The first book by Walter Kempowski, Days of greatness, was published in January 1981.

No. Walter Kempowski does not write books in series.