Sisters Markus Werner seem to hang upon the

seem to hang upon the characters' ability to figure out the pattern of the "small things

The first is the autobiographical story of Martin

One morning in 1949

the attitudes and actions of a rich cast of characters reverberate

" —Zadie Smith

Sisters Markus Werner seem to hang upon theMathilde Lewlya female painter at the dawn of the twentieth centuryhas achieved notoriety among the Parisian avant garde. She and her husband, also a talented young artist, pursue their separate visions side by side in a Clichy atelier . . . Mathilde Lewlya female painter at the dawn of the twentieth centuryhas achieved notoriety among the Parisian avant garde. She and her husband, also a talented young artist, pursue their separate visions side by