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ELENA KNOWS

ELENA KNOWS

CLAUDIA PIÑEIRO

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Publisher:
CHARCO PRESS
Year of publication:
2021
Subject:
Contemporary fiction
ISBN:
978-1-9993684-3-2
Pages:
173
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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.

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