Bibliograph

Burial rites, a novel, Hannah Kent

Type

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Burial rites, a novel, Hannah Kent

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Burial rites

Oclc number

827082645

Responsibility statement

Hannah Kent

Sub title

a novel

Summary

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 Tóti, 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. . . . BURIAL RITES evokes a dramatic existence in a distant time and place --, provided by publisher

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