Burial Rites - The BBC Between the Covers Book Club Pick. Nominiert: Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2014. Nominiert: Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction 2014. Nominiert: Guardian First Book Award 2013
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| Verlag | Macmillan Publishers International |
| Auflage | 2014 |
| Seiten | 384 |
| Format | 11,8 x 18,4 x 2,4 cm |
| B-format paperback | |
| Gewicht | 278 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| ISBN-10 | 1447233174 |
| EAN | 9781447233176 |
| Bestell-Nr | 44723317UA |
Inspired by a true story, Burial Rites follows the final days of a young woman accused of murder in Iceland in 1829.
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BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick!
Set against Iceland's stark landscape, Hannah Kent brings to vivid life the story of Agnes, who is charged with the brutal murder of her former master.
'Outstanding' - Madeline Miller
- The Women's Prize for Fiction Shortlist
- The Guardian First Book Award Shortlist
- The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards Shortlist
Iceland, 1829 - Agnes Magnúsdóttir is condemned to death for her part in the murder of her lover.
Agnes is sent to wait out her final months on the farm of district officer Jón Jónsson, his wife and their two daughters. Horrified to have a convicted murderer in their midst, the family avoid contact with Agnes. Only Tóti, the young assistant priest appointed Agnes's spiritual guardian, is compelled to try to understand her. As the year progresses and the hardships of rural life force the household to work side by side, Agnes's story begins to emerge and with it the family's ter rible realization that all is not as they had assumed.
Based on actual events, Burial Rites is an astonishing and moving novel about the truths we claim to know and the ways in which we interpret what we're told. In beautiful, cut-glass prose, Hannah Kent portrays Iceland's formidable landscape, in which every day is a battle for survival, and asks, how can one woman hope to endure when her life depends upon the stories told by others?
Inspired by a true story, Burial Rites is perfect for fans of Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood and The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
'Sublime' - Sunday Telegraph
'One of the most gripping, intriguing and unique books I've read this year' - Kate Mosse
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'A story of swirling sagas, poetry, bitterness, claustrophobia . . . through the long countdown towards Agnes's fate, it is Kent's heart-racing imagery that lingers . . . even the bleakness of Agnes's end, its gut-churning fear, holds an exhilaration that borders on the sublime.' Sunday Telegraph