Mélanie Richoz: «Keeping things quiet is a way of condoning them».» 

In Nani, her new story, the Fribourg-born author describes the daily life of an Albanian woman who is the victim of domestic violence. We talk to the author about her relationship with family, with individuals... and with writing, which she sees as a necessity.

September is back-to-school month: at work for some, literary for others, journalistic for me. One Saturday morning in September, my colleague Indra and I take the train to Bulle. We meet up with author Mélanie Richoz to discuss her new publication Nani, the story of Albina, an Albanian mother living in Fribourg, who has been «sold» to her husband Burim. A victim of domestic violence, Albina seeks to emancipate herself and protect her children from the violence emanating from their father. It was when she found work as a cleaning lady for Louisa Dey, a retired