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.
In celebration of World Book Day on April 23, we're highlighting the growing popularity of translated novels. Reading stories rooted in cultures other than our own broadens our horizons and helps us consider different perspectives. Here are fifteen of our favorite translated books published (so far) in the twenty-first century.