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Renée Erdős (1879–1955) was one of the most popular Hungarian writers of the first half of the 20th century, known for her sensual, psychologically sophisticated and emotionally powerful novels. The Great Scream is one of her most widely read works in Yugoslavia between the two wars. The book caused a great scandal in Hungary at the time because it wrote openly about female sexuality, physical passion and orgasm ("nagy sikoly"), which was extremely bold and provocative at the time.

The novel follows the inner world of a young, sensitive and passionate woman who is searching for love, meaning and freedom in a conservative bourgeois society. Through the confession of the main character, the author honestly and openly (very bold for that time) describes female sexuality, emotional conflicts, disappointments in love and social restrictions imposed on women. The book is full of lyrical passages, interior monologues and a strong emotional charge.

In Croatia, the novel was very popular in the 1920s and was read as modern, “women's” literature that dared to speak about topics that were rarely written about openly at the time. Renée Erdős's style is romantic with naturalistic and modern elements – a blend of passion, melancholy and social criticism. Today, this work is appreciated as a significant example of Central European women's literature from the early 20th century.