International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
2015 · Fiction · Finalist
About This Book
With Iceland's stark landscape as her backdrop, Hannah Kent brings to vivid life . . the story of Agnes, a woman charged with the brutal murder of her master in 1828 and sent to an isolated farm to await execution.
Horrified at the prospect of housing a convicted murderer, the family on the farm at first avoids Agnes. Only Tod, 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 his daughters learn there is another side to the sensational story they've heard.
Riveting and rich with lyricism, Burial Rites evokes a dramatic existence in a distant time and place, and asks the question, how can one woman hope to endure when her life depends on the stories told by others?
Horrified at the prospect of housing a convicted murderer, the family on the farm at first avoids Agnes. Only Tod, 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 his daughters learn there is another side to the sensational story they've heard.
Riveting and rich with lyricism, Burial Rites evokes a dramatic existence in a distant time and place, and asks the question, how can one woman hope to endure when her life depends on the stories told by others?
Awards
Indies Choice Book Award
2014 · Debut Author · Honor Book
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
2014 · Fiction · Shortlist
Book Club Picks
2013 · Costco's Buyer's Pick
Guardian First Book Award
2013 · First Book · Nominee
Indie Next
2013 · Starred Review
LibraryReads
2013 · Starred Review
