Burial rites
Subtitle: a novel
By: Hannah Kent
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780316243919; 9780316239806
Subjects: Roman; Amerikanisches Englisch; Women murderers; Fiction
Description: 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 To ti, 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.