Burial Rites
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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 -- provided by publisher.
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Cold & Harsh submitted by smgop on June 19, 2016, 7:21pm The book perfectly encapsulated the cold, stark harshness of Finland & their penal system. Bbbrrrr.
burial rites submitted by maywang on June 26, 2021, 3:25pm The historical facts and gruesome details of punishments.
PUBLISHED
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: 322 p.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780316243919
SUBJECTS
Women murderers -- Fiction.
Iceland -- Fiction.
Biographical fiction.