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Elena Knows

Written by: Claudia Piñeiro, Frances Riddle - translator
Narrated by: Sally Masterson
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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.

©2021 Claudia Piñeiro and Frances Riddle (P)2023 Charco Press Political Women's Fiction

Critic Reviews

International Booker Prize (Shortlist)

Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award—Fiction (Shortlist)

LiBeraturpreis (Winner)

"Short and stylish…a piercing commentary on mother-daughter relationships, the indignity of bureaucracy, the burdens of caregiving and the impositions of religious dogma on women."—New York Times

"A lyrical portrait of a woman unable to grieve...incisive commentary on Catholic society’s control of women’s bodies."—Publishers Weekly

"Its true brilliance, though, is in how it flips Elena’s insular daily reality into a much broader commentary on how the hypocrisy of Catholic society manifests in the lives and judgments of ordinary people. A highly accomplished and original novel, translated with great sensitivity to tone and atmosphere by Frances Riddle."—Irish Times

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A literary gem.

What an incredibly powerful narrative. Terrifying, fallible,ironic. An absolute delight of an audible experience.

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