Burial Rites: the breathtaking historical Icelandic crime thriller
Aug 2013 · Pan Macmillan
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Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction
A BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick
Based on actual events, Burial Rites by Hannah Kent is a haunting work of historical fiction, following the final days of a young woman accused of murder in 19th-century Iceland.
'Outstanding' – Madeline Miller, author of Circe
'Gripping, intriguing and unique' – Kate Mosse, author of The Burning Chambers
Northern Iceland, 1829.
A woman condemned to death for murdering her lover.
A family forced to take her in.
A priest tasked with absolving her.
But all is not as it seems, and time is running out: winter is coming, and with it the execution date.
Only she can know the truth. This is Agnes's story . . .
'One of the best Scandinavian crime novels I've read' – Independent
'Remarkable' – Sunday Times
'A must-read' – Grazia
Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award
Shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards
Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.
** Read Hannah Kent's memoir about Iceland, Always Home, Always Homesick **
A BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick
Based on actual events, Burial Rites by Hannah Kent is a haunting work of historical fiction, following the final days of a young woman accused of murder in 19th-century Iceland.
'Outstanding' – Madeline Miller, author of Circe
'Gripping, intriguing and unique' – Kate Mosse, author of The Burning Chambers
Northern Iceland, 1829.
A woman condemned to death for murdering her lover.
A family forced to take her in.
A priest tasked with absolving her.
But all is not as it seems, and time is running out: winter is coming, and with it the execution date.
Only she can know the truth. This is Agnes's story . . .
'One of the best Scandinavian crime novels I've read' – Independent
'Remarkable' – Sunday Times
'A must-read' – Grazia
Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award
Shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards
Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.
** Read Hannah Kent's memoir about Iceland, Always Home, Always Homesick **
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October 22, 2013
I love Iceland and that was the reason I bought the book. But in actual fact I became very engrossed in Agnes story that I forgot the setting! It is remarkably well told and I like the way the story develops. I thought it might be depressing but it is not even at the end. I like the way that the author doesn't dwell on the ghoulish side of things,
Carl-Magnus Lancelot
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January 2, 2018
Captivating, emotional. I read it while visiting þingeyrar farm and vatnsdalur. Ghost stories about the events still exist among the locals. Also interesting to learn how 19th life was there.
Sally Stewart
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May 8, 2014
Totally loved this book. Her sparse and beautiful prose brought to life the isolated and hard living of the communities living in Iceland at that time. The slow unfurling of the story and the growth of the main character was done with a tenderness which sparked an interest and caring that remained with me for weeks after I had read the last page.
About the author
Hannah Kent’s first novel, Burial Rites, has been translated into over thirty languages and was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction (formerly the Orange Prize), the Guardian First Book Award and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. In Australia it won the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year and the Indie Awards Debut Fiction Book of the Year, amongst others. Her second novel, The Good People, was also translated into many languages and shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize. Devotion, her third novel, was longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award.
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