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Literature Against The Silence Of Domestic Violence

Novelist Nathacha Appanah explores how fiction can transform stories of domestic violence into memory, empathy and public dialogue

Published on July 26, 2026


Literature Against The Silence Of Domestic Violence
Rovena Rosa/Agência Brasil

When a literary work addresses domestic violence, it rarely changes reality on its own. What it can do, however, is something equally important: bring stories out of isolation and into public conversation.

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