Burial rites
Kent, Hannah, 1985-2023
Book
In northern Iceland, 1829, Agnes Magnusdottir is condemned to death for her part in the brutal murder of two men. Agnes is sent to wait out the months leading up to her execution on the farm of district officer Jon Jonsson, his wife and their two daughters. Horrified to have a convicted murderess in their midst, the family avoid contact with Agnes. Only Toti, the young assistant priest appointed her spiritual guardian, will listen to Agnes's side of the story. As the year progresses and the hardships of rural life force everyone to work side by side, the family's attitude to Agnes starts to change, until one winter night, she begins her whispered confession to them, and they realize that all is not as they had assumed. Based on a true story, 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.
Main title:
Burial rites / Hannah Kent.
Author:
Kent, Hannah, 1985-, author
Work:
Imprint:
Sydney : Picador / Pan Macmillan Australia, 2023.©2013
Collation:
338 pages : map ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781761263149 (pbk)9781761263149 (paperback)9781743516966 (paperback)
Dewey class:
A823.4
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
774180
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Melbourne Library | Fiction | KENT | On loan - Due: 19 Jul 2026 |
| Library at the Dock | Fiction | KENT | On loan - Due: 09 Jul 2026 |
| narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services | Fiction | KENT | Available |
| Southbank Library | Fiction | KENT | On loan - Due: 20 Jul 2026 |