ELENA KNOWS (INGLES)

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ROM THE HITCHCOCK OF THE RIVER PLATE (CORRIERE DELLA SERA) COMES PIEIROS THIRD NOVEL A UNIQUE TALE THAT INTERVEAVES CRIME FICTION WITH INTIMATE TALES OF MORALITY AND SEARCH FOR INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM.AFTER RITA IS FOUND DEAD IN THE BELL TOWER OF THE 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.(ON PIEIROS DEBUT NOVEL THURDAY NIGHT WIDOWS) AN AGILE NOVEL WRITTEN IN A LANGUAGE PERFECTLY PITCHED FOR THE SUBJECT MATTER A RUTHLESS DISSECTION OF A FAST DECAYING SOCIETY. JOS SARAMAGOCLAUDIA PIEIROAS AN AUTHOR AND SCRIPTWRITER FOR TELEVISION CLAUDIA PIEIRO HAS WON NUMEROUS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PRIZES AMONG THEM THE RENOWNED GERMAN LIBERATURPREIS FOR ELENA KNOWS AND THE PRESTIGIOUS SOR JUANA INS DE LA CRUZ PRIZE FOR LAS GRIETAS DE JARA (A CRACK IN THE WALL). SHE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HER CRIME NOVELS WHICH ARE BESTSELLERS IN ARGENTINA LATIN AMERICAN AND ROUND THE WORLD. MANY OF HER NOVELS HAVE BEEN ADAPTED FOR THE BIG SCREEN. ACCORDING TO THE PRESTIGIOUS NEWSPAPER LA NACIN CLAUDIA PIEIRO IS THE THIRD MOST TRANSLATED ARGENTINEAN AUTHOR AFTER BORGES AND CORTZAR. MORE RECENTLY PIEIRO HAS BECOME A VERY ACTIVE FIGURE IN THE FIGHT FOR THE LEGALISATION OF ABORTION IN ARGENTINA AND FOR THE LEGAL RECOGNITION OF WRITERS AS WORKERS. HER FICTION (AS SHOWN WITH ELENA KNOWS) IS STEMMED IN THE DETECTIVE NOVEL BUT HAS RECENTLY TURNED INCREASINGLY POLITICAL AND IDEOLOGICALLY COMMITTED.