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Author:

Kent, Hannah, 1985-

Title:

Burial rites : a novel / Hannah Kent.

Edition:

1st Back Bay pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Back Bay Books

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

322, 14 p. : map ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Women murderers--Fiction.
Murder--Iceland--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Iceland--Fiction.

Notes:

Originally published: Australia : Picador, 2013. Originally published in ihardcover in North America by Little, Brown, 2013. Reprinted in paperback in 2014 with a Reading Group Guide.

Summary:

Set against Iceland's stark landscape, this story evokes a dramatic existence in a distant tme and place. Here the author 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 T©đti, 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. But will their new knowledge be enough to save Agnes? -- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0316243922 (pbk.)
9780316243926 (pbk.)

Locations:

TOPB062 -- Blairstown Public Library (Blairstown)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

VXPE964 -- Decorah Public Library (Decorah)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

NEPC953 -- Lake Mills Public Library (Lake Mills)

UHPB911 -- Milo Public Library (Milo)

PEPC626 -- Stilwell Public Library (New Sharon)

SJPB094 -- Readlyn Community Library (Readlyn)