Published in Tunis in 1938, Ninette of Sin Street is one of the
first works of Tunisian fiction in French. Ninette's author,
Vitalis Danon, arrived in Tunisia under the aegis of the
Franco-Jewish organization the Alliance Israelite Universelle and
quickly adopted-and was adopted by-the local community. Ninette 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. This 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.
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