Claudia Piñeiro

Books on prize lists

• Elena sabe

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  International Booker 2022 · Shortlist

  Elena Knows

  Elena sabe

  Claudia Piñeiro · 47 when first published

  Novel · 176 pages · Crime, Family

  Translated by Frances Riddle

  AIAI-generated summary:Rita's body turns up at the church she attended, and the inquiry is soon shut; only her mother, herself ravaged by illness, refuses to stop hunting for whoever killed her.

• Las viudas de los jueves

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  Clarín 2005 · ★ Winner

  Thursday Night Widows

  Las viudas de los jueves

  Claudia Piñeiro · 45 when first published

  Novel · 274 pages · Crime, Satire

  AIAI-generated summary:In a gated community in Argentina, a group of men meets every Thursday night without their wives, who call themselves the Thursday widows, until one night the routine breaks.