Burial rites
Kent, Hannah, 1985-2024
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In northern Iceland, 1829, Agnes Magnúsdøttir is condemned to death for her part in the brutal murder of her lover. Agnes is sent to wait out her final months on the farm of district office Jøn Jønsson, his wife and their two daughters. Horrified to have a convicted murderer in their midst, the family avoid contact with Agnes. Only Tøti, 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 terrible realization that all is not as they had assumed.
Main title:
Burial rites / Hannah Kent.
Author:
Kent, Hannah, 1985-, author
Imprint:
London : Picador, 2024.
Collation:
354 pages : maps (black and white) ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Originally published: 2013.
ISBN:
9781035038626 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92AF
LC class:
PR9619.4.K467
Language:
English
BRN:
3739798
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