Sad Tiger
Author: Sinno, Neige
ISBN: 9781644214671
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 29 Apr 2025
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;Winner of multiple prizes, Neige Sinno has created a powerful literary form with Plt;iPgt;Sad Tiger, Plt;/iPgt;a book that took France by storm and is an international phenomenon.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8220;Reading Plt;iPgt;Sad TigerPlt;/iPgt; 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.P#8221; P#8212;Annie ErnauxPlt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;Winner of multiple prizes, Neige Sinno has created a powerful literary form with Plt;iPgt;Sad Tiger, Plt;/iPgt;a book that took France by storm and is an international phenomenon.Plt;brPgt; Plt;brPgt;P#8220;Reading Plt;iPgt;Sad TigerPlt;/iPgt; 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.P#8221; P#8212;Annie ErnauxPlt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;WINNER NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE BARRIOS BOOK IN TRANSLATION PRIZEPlt;brPgt;NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE, FINALISTPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt;Sad TigerPlt;/iPgt; 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.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Through the construction of a fragmented narrative, Sinno explores the different facets of memoryP#8212;her own, her motherP#8217;s, as well as her abusive stepfatherP#8217;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.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt;Sad TigerPlt;/iPgt;P#8212;the title inspired by William BlakeP#8217;s poem P#8220;The TygerP#8221;P#8212;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.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Winner of the Le Monde Literary Prize, 2023Plt;brPgt;Winner of the European Strega Prize, 2024Plt;brPgt;Winner of the Prix Femina, 2023Plt;brPgt;Winner of the Goncourt des LycP#233;ens, 2023Plt;brPgt;Winner of the US and UK Goncourt Prizes, 2024Plt;brPgt;Winner of the Le Monde Literary Prize, 2023Plt;brPgt;Winner of the Inrockuptibles Prize, 2023Plt;brPgt;Shortlisted for the Medicis Prize, 2023Plt;brPgt;Shortlisted for the Decembre Prize, 2023Plt;brPgt;Winner of the Goncourt Prizes in Belgium, Slovakia, India, Turkey, Tunisia, and South Korea, 2023
ISBN: 9781644214671
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 29 Apr 2025
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;Winner of multiple prizes, Neige Sinno has created a powerful literary form with Plt;iPgt;Sad Tiger, Plt;/iPgt;a book that took France by storm and is an international phenomenon.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8220;Reading Plt;iPgt;Sad TigerPlt;/iPgt; 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.P#8221; P#8212;Annie ErnauxPlt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;Winner of multiple prizes, Neige Sinno has created a powerful literary form with Plt;iPgt;Sad Tiger, Plt;/iPgt;a book that took France by storm and is an international phenomenon.Plt;brPgt; Plt;brPgt;P#8220;Reading Plt;iPgt;Sad TigerPlt;/iPgt; 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.P#8221; P#8212;Annie ErnauxPlt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;WINNER NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE BARRIOS BOOK IN TRANSLATION PRIZEPlt;brPgt;NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE, FINALISTPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt;Sad TigerPlt;/iPgt; 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.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Through the construction of a fragmented narrative, Sinno explores the different facets of memoryP#8212;her own, her motherP#8217;s, as well as her abusive stepfatherP#8217;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.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt;Sad TigerPlt;/iPgt;P#8212;the title inspired by William BlakeP#8217;s poem P#8220;The TygerP#8221;P#8212;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.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Winner of the Le Monde Literary Prize, 2023Plt;brPgt;Winner of the European Strega Prize, 2024Plt;brPgt;Winner of the Prix Femina, 2023Plt;brPgt;Winner of the Goncourt des LycP#233;ens, 2023Plt;brPgt;Winner of the US and UK Goncourt Prizes, 2024Plt;brPgt;Winner of the Le Monde Literary Prize, 2023Plt;brPgt;Winner of the Inrockuptibles Prize, 2023Plt;brPgt;Shortlisted for the Medicis Prize, 2023Plt;brPgt;Shortlisted for the Decembre Prize, 2023Plt;brPgt;Winner of the Goncourt Prizes in Belgium, Slovakia, India, Turkey, Tunisia, and South Korea, 2023
