'All for Nothing turns a clear-eyed, compassionate gaze on an aristocratic family in East Prussia'- the Sunday Times The result is an astonishing literary achievement' - the Daily Telegraph No one is blameless no one wholly unsympathetic. 'All for Nothing seethes with human drama, contradiction and complexity. It reaches its last devastating line with poetic sensibility and the grace of a classical tragedy, confirming Kempowski as a truly great writer' - the Guardian 'All for Nothing is a beautiful, forgiving and compassionate book that looks beyond the futil divisions people make between themselves. 'Completely gripping' - Must Reads in the Irish Daily Mail 'An epic of exodus, timely for our days' -Jewish Chronicle 'A novel of profound depth and originality' - the Sunday Times His perspective on a grim slice of history steadily broadens out to become visionary, lending his novel the irresistible pull of great tragedy' - the Economist 'Kempowski s idiosyncratic genius lies in his ability to weave this accumulation of human fallibility into something greater. 'Daring and brilliant in its rationing of sympathy, completely gripping - and horribly fascinating'- Literary Fiction review in Daily Mail This book was written long before the current migrant crisis but, Janus-faced, its descriptions of the mass migration of Germans across their own country is heartbreaking and illuminating' -Antonia Senior, Book of the Week, The Times The characters' bewildered response to events are sometimes painfully honest. With restraint and subtlety, Kempowski explores the ordinariness of complicity with evil. 'All for Nothing was widely acclaimed in Germany on its publication in 2006 and its English translation deserves a wide audience. Far more than a great German novel Kempowski's late masterwork is a universal tract which suggests that history can only present the facts it is crafted stories such as this which enable us to grasp a sense of the vicious reality of war' - Eileen Battersby, Irish Times
As a feat of story-telling All For Nothing surpasses even Grass's Crabwalk.Kempowski has summoned unforgettable characters who are shocking, even heartbreaking, in their human responses. 'It is brilliant vivid, unsentimental, fast moving, cinematic and, for all its apparent ease of telling, scrupulously well-structured. 'One of the best books I've ever read' -Jenny Erpenbeck, author of The End of Days It is Kempowski's crowning achievement: his last, and lasting, work of fiction' - Rachel Seiffert, author of The Dark Room I read with huge admiration and, yes, a bit of envy for the author's skill, imagination and daring' - Margaret McMillan, Best Books of 2016 New Statesman
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