ELENA KNOWS

By Claudia Piñeiro | Translated by Frances Riddle

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After Rita is found dead in a church she used to attend, the official investigation into the incident is quickly closed. Her mother is the only person still determined to find the culprit. However, weakened by illness, she is also the least able to.

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 the cost of care, authoritarianism and hypocrisy in our society.

Charco Press, 2021