An Ordinary Youth

by Walter Kempowski

Book Overview

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. 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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1681377209
• ISBN13: 9781681377209
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: New York Review of Books
• Length: 476 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.2" x 7.9"