Elena Knows by Claudia Pineiro games of indigence and immortality

of indigence and immortality

growing tips

some would leave an indelible mark on the game

building the future

her identity and even her name

Elena Knows by Claudia Pineiro games of indigence and immortalityA fierce, tender collection of stories about the lives, traumas, and dreams of Mapuche youth in modern day Chile. Jess, Valeska, Yajaira, and Ale are some of the vivid characters that inhabit the stories told in Pien , a book that casts an unflinching gaze on the stark margins of urban life. Within its pages unfold the bullet ridden death of a big shot from the blocks; the fraught, often violated sexuality of women in a displaced community; the