The Short End of the SonnenalleeA kind of miracle Not only made me laugh (again and again) but brought tears to my eyes Jonathan Franzen One of the most brilliant satirical novels about life in East Berlin New York Times Thomas Brussigs classic German satire, translated into English for the first time and introduced by Jonathan Franzen, is a comedic, moving account of life in East Berlin before the Fall of the Berlin Wall. The Short End of the Sonnenallee is a satire set, literally,