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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. 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 Tv=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. 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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Burial Rites, Hannah Kent
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- Pubblicato
- 2013
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- Titolo
- Burial Rites
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Hannah Kent
- Editore
- Picador
- Pubblicato
- 2013
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Gialli & Thriller, Natura, Prosa storica, Gialli, Thriller, Donne, Relazioni, Omicidi, XIX Secolo, Thriller psicologici, Adattato in un film, Letteratura nordica, Romanzi psicologici, Relazioni Familiari, Noir nordici, Assassini, Povertà, Fattorie, Aziende, Opera Prima, Comunità, Islanda, Letteratura Australiana, Preti, Pena di morte, Assassina
- Prima pubblicazione
- 2013
- Titolo originale
- Burial Riters
- Valutazione
- 4 su 5
- Descrizione
- 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. 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 Tv=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. 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?