A brilliant literary debut, inspired by a true story: the final
days of a young woman accused of murder in Iceland in 1829.
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 Toti, 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.
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 upon the stories
told by others?"
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