{"product_id":"sad-tiger-9781644214671","title":"Sad Tiger","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of multiple prizes, Neige Sinno has created a powerful literary form with \u003ci\u003eSad Tiger, \u003c\/i\u003ea book that took France by storm and is an international phenomenon. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Reading \u003ci\u003eSad Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e is like descending into an abyss with your eyes open. It forces you to see, to really see, what it means to be a child abused by an adult, for years. Everyone should read it.\" --Annie Ernaux \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSad Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e is built on the facts of a series of devastating events. Neige Sinno was seven years old when her stepfather started sexually abusing her. At 19, she decided to break the silence that is so common in all cultures around sexual violence. This led to a public trial and prison for her stepfather and Sinno started a new life in Mexico. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough the construction of a fragmented narrative, Sinno explores the different facets of memory--her own, her mother's, as well as her abusive stepfather's; and of abuse itself in all its monstrosity and banality. Her account is woven together with a close reading of literary works by Vladimir Nabokov, Virginia Woolf, Toni Morrison, Christine Angot, and Virginie Despentes among others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSad Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e--the title inspired by William Blake's poem \"The Tyger\"--is a literary exploration into how to speak about the unspeakable. In this extraordinary book there is an abiding concern: how to protect others from what the author herself endured? In the midst of so much darkness, an answer reads crystal clear: by speaking up and asking questions. A striking, shocking, and necessary masterpiece. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the Le Monde Literary Prize, 2023\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the European Strega Prize, 2024\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Prix Femina, 2023\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Goncourt des Lyc?ens, 2023\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the US and UK Goncourt Prizes, 2024\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Le Monde Literary Prize, 2023\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Inrockuptibles Prize, 2023\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Medicis Prize, 2023\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Decembre Prize, 2023\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Goncourt Prizes in Belgium, Slovakia, India, Turkey, Tunisia, and South Korea, 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEIGE SINNO \u003c\/b\u003eis a French writer who has studied American literature in the United States and Mexico, and worked as a translator and literature professor. She is the author of two previous books, \u003ci\u003eLe Camion \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLa Vie des rats\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in France, she has lived in Mexico for the past 20 years. Her 2023 book, \u003ci\u003eTriste tigre\u003c\/i\u003e, won several of France's top literary prizes and became the publishing sensation of the year. It is published in English as \u003ci\u003eSad Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e by Seven Stories Press, in a translation by Natasha Lehrer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATASHA LEHRER\u003c\/b\u003e is a prizewinning writer and translator. She writes regularly for the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eObserver, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003eamong many others and translated works by Chantal Thomas, Vanessa Springora, Amin Maalouf, Victor Segalen, Robert Desnos, and Georges Bataille. In 2016 she was awarded the Scott Moncrieff prize for \u003ci\u003eSuite for Barbara Loden \u003c\/i\u003eby Nathalie L?ger. She lives in France.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51185937809682,"sku":"9781644214671","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7caab696-2a31-4b0b-8bc5-ceaa716b316f.jpg?v=1744595759","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sad-tiger-9781644214671","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}