Burial Rites

by Hannah Kent

Rating: 4 (3 votes)

Tags: Set in Iceland Female author

Burial Rites

Description:
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 --

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Read Around The World Challenge user profile avatar for Sarah
(3 months ago)
25 Jul, 2024
Although set in Iceland and beautifully researched and well written the author is from Australia. I highly recommend this book.

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