Ninette of Sin Street
Subtitle: A Novella
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781503602137
Subjects: Jews, fiction; Fiction, general; Tunisia, fiction
Description: "Ninette is an unlikely protagonist: Compelled by poverty to work as a prostitute, she dreams of a better life and 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 headmistress. Ninette's account is both a classic rags-to-riches tale and a subtle, incisive critique of French colonialism."-- From back cover.