Elena Knows, Claudia Pineiro
Elena Knows, Claudia Pineiro
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Elena Knows

Author: Claudia Piñeiro

Narrator: Sally Masterson

Unabridged: 5 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Charco Press

Published: 10/10/2023


Synopsis

SHORTLISTED for the International Booker Prize 2022After 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by s.penkevich on November 06, 2023

Caregivers are often the unsung heroes of society, spending their time keeping the vulnerable alive and very rarely getting much credit. These jobs are often difficult and underpaid, but many caregivers receive no compensation such as those caring for elderly parents or mothers. Elena Knows by inter......more

Goodreads review by emma on April 29, 2023

wow. this was the least enjoyable read ever. but it was brilliant. the exploration of what we owe to each other, and especially of what women owe, what it means to be a mother and a daughter and if we have any choice in being either, was excellent and — to my experience — one of a kind. wrenching and d......more

Goodreads review by David on October 16, 2022

Elena Knows is the first work by Claudia Piñeiro to be published by Charco Press. Piñeiro is a well regarded writer of crime fiction in her native Argentina and prior English translations of her work were marketed as such. But what’s so intriguing about Piñeiro is that crime fiction is just an outer......more

Goodreads review by Candi on July 11, 2022

This book snuck up on me like one of those stealth aircraft at the local air show! I’m not sure what I was expecting, but Claudia Piñeiro knocked me for a loop. On the surface, it seemed like a relatively simple novel. Elena suffers from Parksinson’s disease. Every day is a struggle. The medication......more

Goodreads review by Pakinam on December 15, 2024

"الأم تعرف طفلها..الأم تحبه....هكذا يقولون، هكذا هو الأمر..." هل فعلاً كل أم بتعرف إبنها؟هل بتحس بيه لو مضايق من حاجة و مش قادر يستحمل؟ بيقولوا إن لا أحد يعرف ما تعرفه الأم عن أولادها و لكن الحقيقة إن في أمهات كتير بتكون فاكرة إنها تعرف ولكن في الواقع هي متعرفش حاجة خالص! إيلينا تعرف ...رواية للكاتبة ا......more