Smart and delightful farce of upper crust Berlin arts and media people following a group of characters traipsing through the night of an under-attended literary awards dinner. Winsome, mordant, bouncing between acute character sketches that initially read satirical but belie a sense of gracious and wizened humanism about the modern condition and purgatorial afterparties.

Is there anyone more interesting then Nell Zink? This novel is just so precise.
SIster Europe features the wealthy class of Germany in a literary awards night followed by a celebration in the Berlin. Important and strange characters include the Royal Princess Naema and her adult grandson Radi. Naema is doing her best to ensure that her dinner for author Masud el-Huzeil is well attended. It's a dinner that she did not plan to attend herself so she has put a call out to potential attendees A cast of unusual and eclectic characters attend the event including a young transwoman and a very intelligent poodle named Fisti. Lots of discussion about gender, sex and class. Perfect for all Zink fans (and soon to be fans!) #knopfpantheonandanchor #sistereurope #nellzink