Burial Rites (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780316243926)

Set against Iceland's stark landscape, Hannah Kent brings to vivid life the story of Agnes, who, charged with the brutal murder of her former master, is sent to an isolated farm to await execution.

Set against Iceland's stark landscape, Hannah Kent brings to vivid life the story of Agnes, who, charged with the brutal murder of her former master, is sent to an isolated farm to await execution.

Horrified at the prospect of housing a convicted murderer, the family at first avoids Agnes. Only Tv=ti, a priest Agnes has mysteriously chosen to be her spiritual guardian, seeks to understand her. But as Agnes's death looms, the farmer's wife and their daughters learn there is another side to the sensational story they've heard.

Riveting and rich with lyricism, Burial Rites evokes a dramatic existence in a distant time and place, and asks the question, how can one woman hope to endure when her life depends upon the stories told by others?

Author: Hannah Kent
ISBN-10: 0316243922
ISBN-13: 9780316243926
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2014
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 05/09/2014 pg. 71
New York Times Book Review 09/14/2014 pg. 28