{"product_id":"9781503602298","title":"Ninette of Sin Street","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in Tunis in 1938, \u003ci\u003eNinette of Sin Street\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the first works of Tunisian fiction in French. \u003ci\u003eNinette\u003c\/i\u003e's author, Vitalis Danon, arrived in Tunisia under the aegis of the Franco-Jewish organization the Alliance Israélite Universelle and quickly adopted—and was adopted by—the local community.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNinette is an unlikely protagonist: Compelled by poverty to work as a prostitute, she dreams of a better life and an education for her son. Plucky and street-wise, she enrolls her son in the local school and the story unfolds as she narrates her life to the school's headmaster. Ninette's account is both a classic rags-to-riches tale and a subtle, incisive critique of French colonialism. That Ninette's story should still prove surprising today suggests how much we stand to learn from history, and from the secrets of Sin Street.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume offers the first English translation of Danon's best-known work. A selection of his letters and an editors' introduction and notes provide context for this cornerstone of Judeo-Tunisian letters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47108350378224,"sku":"9781503602298","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781503602298_p0.jpg?v=1763710633","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781503602298","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}