CroatiaFrench author Neige Sinno discussed her autobiographical novel 'Tužni tigar' at the World Literature Festival in Zagreb, detailing her experience of sexual abuse by her father during childhood. She emphasized the challenge of conveying deep trauma through language without reducing the victim to an aesthetic object. Sinno highlighted the tension between the need to testify and the impossibility of fully expressing such pain, involving the reader in this struggle. She also addressed the difficulty people have in accepting that someone they love could be a perpetrator of sexual violence, noting how family narratives often prevent such revelations. Her new book 'La Realidad' explores political ideals and personal growth, serving as an introduction to 'Tužni tigar', which follows a protagonist joining the Zapatista movement in Mexico.
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