Gigi

Opening remarks by writer Nell Zink

Nell Zink, an American novelist and journalist living in Germany, rose to international prominence in the 2010s. Her debut novel, The Wallcreeper, was named one of The New York Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2014.

Her new novel, “My Sister Europe” (Locus), follows a colorful group of urban characters gathered at a literary ceremony that quickly devolves into chaos. As boredom gives way to hunger and rising tensions, the guests—an art critic and his trans daughter, an American publisher and his eccentric partner, the wealthy granddaughter of a Nazi criminal, and a pampered Arab prince—embark on a wild nocturnal adventure through the city.