Sister Europe

(Hardback)

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One wild, exhilarating night in Berlin- a brilliant new novel by one of the most acclaimed writers of our time As a Berlin night draws in around the pristine glass exterior of the Hotel Interconti, a ragtag group of friends, family, and potential lovers find themselves frustrated. By promise or threat, they have all gathered at a lavish celebration of an elderly author's venerable career. But dinner is delayed, the speeches are a drag and the gang - a young trans teen and her father; an ageing publisher and his flakey date; a dog, a troubled heiress and an Arabic Prince - begin to feel the pinch of boredom, hunger and horniness. Together they will make their bid for freedom, and soon will embark on an exhilarating odyssey through the city's shadow and light. . . Sophisticated, sexy and exquisitely funny, Sister Europe is the remarkable new novel from one of the most singular, brilliant writers working today- a vivid tale of growing up, growing old and getting down. 'Nell Zink is a writer of extraordinary talent and range. Her work insistently raises the possibility that the world is larger and stranger than the world you think you know' Jonathan Franzen

Reviews

Searingly quick, revelatory and funny. Sister Europe is so ambitious and ethically interested that it makes it clear that Zink is one of our most important contemporary writers * Guardian *
A novel that fizzes with repartee and off kilter cleverness * Daily Mail *
Sophisticated and rambunctiously comic, this is a worldly hangout novel of twenty-first century manners * Vogue, Best Books of 2025 *
Zinks new novel unleashes a motley crew of characters on an unexpected nocturnal journey through the city, painting a vivid picture of a continent at a critical moment * Financial Times, What to Read in 2025 *
Sister Europe assembles a motley crew of disconnected dinner party guests to explore a whole societys hypocrisies. Unsparingly honest on the wealthy ex-pat and the professional artist, this novel feels like a big new swing from a thrilling stylist. * Lit Hub, Best Books of 2025 *
The work of an author with a fiercely original and empathetic voice. One leaves the book wanting more of it. * Washington Post *
Nell Zink is a writer of extraordinary talent and range. Her work insistently raises the possibility that the world is larger and stranger than the world you think you know -- Jonathan Franzen
A talent that is as rare and strange as a kestrel on Oxford Street * The Sunday Times *
Zink is an audacious writer . . . she always creates vibrant, off-kilter worlds for her characters to inhabit * The Times *
This is a one-of-a-kind writer * Elle *

Author Bio

Nell Zink is the author of six acclaimed novels including her debut, The Wallcreeper, described by the Sunday Times as a 'a slim, strange masterpiece', the National Book Award-longlisted Mislaid, a New York Times Book of the Year Doxology, and, most recently, Avalon. She has been praised by Jonathan Franzen as 'a writer of extraordinary talent and range'. She had previously worked as a secretary, with stints in masonry, technical writing, and translating. Her other writing has appeared in n+1, Granta, and Harper's Magazine. She lives in Berlin.