{"product_id":"sister-europe-nell-zink","title":"Sister Europe (Nell Zink)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eSister Europe\u003c\/i\u003e is so ambitious and ethically interested that it makes it clear that Zink is one of our most important contemporary writers.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs 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 Arab Prince - begin to feel the pinch of boredom, hunger and horniness. Together they will make their bid for freedom, and will soon embark on an exhilarating odyssey through the city's shadow and light. . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSophisticated, sexy and exquisitely funny, \u003ci\u003eSister Europe\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'To stay out late in Zink's world, loitering, is a pleasure. Her voice is cool and fastidious, but she has a screwball quality - a comic sensibility rooted in pain.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eAn extraordinary talent... Zink is in the company of not only Jonathan Franzen, but also Donna Tartt, Philip Roth and Tom Wolfe' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A novel that fizzes with repartee and off-kilter cleverness'\u003ci\u003e Daily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNell Zink\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six acclaimed novels including her debut, \u003ci\u003eThe Wallcreeper\u003c\/i\u003e, described by the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e as a 'a slim, strange masterpiece', the National Book Award-longlisted \u003ci\u003eMislaid\u003c\/i\u003e, a New York Times Book of the Year \u003ci\u003eDoxology, \u003c\/i\u003eand, most recently, \u003ci\u003eAvalon\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been praised by Jonathan Franzen as 'a writer of extraordinary talent and range'.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eShe had previously worked as a secretary, with stints in masonry, technical writing, and translating. Her other writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in Berlin.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 208 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65762858893661,"sku":"K010046329","price":10.6,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/1004632900001A.jpg?v=1788250180","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/sister-europe-nell-zink","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}