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Elena Knows

4.11 (5,463 ratings by Goodreads)

English

By (author): Claudia Pineiro

Translated by: Frances Riddle

SHORTLISTED for the International Booker Prize 2022

After Rita is found dead in a church she used to attend, the official investigation into the incident is quickly closed. Her sickly mother is the only person still determined to find the culprit. Chronicling a difficult journey across the suburbs of the city, an old debt and a revealing conversation, Elena Knows unravels the secrets of its characters and the hidden facets of authoritarianism and hypocrisy in our society.

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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 13 Jul 2021
  • Publisher: Charco Press
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781999368432

About Claudia Pineiro

Born in Buenos Aires in 1960 Claudia Piñeiro is a best-selling author known internationally for her crime novels. She has won numerous national and international prizes including the Pepe Carvalho Prize the LiBeraturpreis for Elena Knows and the prestigious Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize for Las grietas de Jara (A Crack in the Wall). Many of her novels have been adapted for the big screen including Elena Knows (Netflix). Piñeiro is the third most translated Argentinean author after Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortázar. Shes also a playwright and scriptwriter (including popular Netflix series The Kingdom ). Her novel Elena Knows was shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize.Frances Riddle has translated numerous Spanish-language authors including Isabel Allende Claudia Piñeiro Leila Guerriero and Sara Gallardo. Her translation of Theatre of War by Andrea Jeftanovic was granted an English PEN Award in 2020. Her work has appeared in journals such as Granta Electric Literature and The White Review among others. She holds a BA in Spanish Language Literature from Louisiana State University and an MA in Translation Studies from the University of Buenos Aires. In 2022 Frances translation of Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. Originally from Houston Texas she lives in Buenos Aires Argentina.

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