The Resource Burial rites : a novel, Hannah Kent
Burial rites : a novel, Hannah Kent
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- Summary
- The final days of a young woman accused of murder in Iceland in 1829. Set against Iceland's stark landscape, Agnes Magnúsdóttir, 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 Tóti, 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First North American edition.
- Extent
- 322 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316243919
- Label
- Burial rites : a novel
- Title
- Burial rites
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Hannah Kent
- Subject
-
- trueRural families -- Iceland
- truePriests
- truePerception
- true1820s -- 1820 -- 1829
- trueAttitude change
- trueAustralian fiction
- Biographical fiction
- trueBiographical fiction
- trueCapital punishment
- trueFarm life
- Historical fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- Iceland -- Fiction
- trueIceland -- History -- 19th century
- Large type books
- trueMalicious accusation
- trueMagnusdottir, Agnes
- Women murderers -- Fiction
- trueWomen murderers
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The final days of a young woman accused of murder in Iceland in 1829. Set against Iceland's stark landscape, Agnes Magnúsdóttir, 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 Tóti, 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
- Summary
- 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 Tâoti, 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 sensationalstory they've heard. . . . BURIAL RITES evokes a dramatic existence in a distant time and place --
- Award
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- Australian Book Industry Awards, Literary Fiction Book of the Year, 2014.
- Davitt Awards, Debut Crime, 2014.
- Davitt Awards, Readers' Choice, 2014.
- LibraryReads Favorites, 2013
- Nielsen BookData Australian Booksellers’ Choice Award, 2014.
- Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, People's Choice Award, 2014.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10190925
- Cataloging source
- OMP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1985-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kent, Hannah
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9619.4.K467
- LC item number
- B87 2013
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women murderers
- Iceland
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Burial rites : a novel, Hannah Kent
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20077462
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First North American edition.
- Extent
- 322 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316243919
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2013014305
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn827082645
- (OCoLC)827082645
- Label
- Burial rites : a novel, Hannah Kent
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20077462
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First North American edition.
- Extent
- 322 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316243919
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2013014305
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn827082645
- (OCoLC)827082645
Subject
- trueRural families -- Iceland
- truePriests
- truePerception
- true1820s -- 1820 -- 1829
- trueAttitude change
- trueAustralian fiction
- Biographical fiction
- trueBiographical fiction
- trueCapital punishment
- trueFarm life
- Historical fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- Iceland -- Fiction
- trueIceland -- History -- 19th century
- Large type books
- trueMalicious accusation
- trueMagnusdottir, Agnes
- Women murderers -- Fiction
- trueWomen murderers
Genre
Included in
- trueEyewitness to History
- trueAustralian Book Industry Awards: Literary Fiction Book of the Year
- trueDavitt Awards (Australia): Best Debut
- trueDavitt Awards (Australia): Readers' Choice
- trueLibraryReads Favorites: 2013
- trueNielsen BookData Australian Booksellers' Choice Award
- trueVictorian Premier's Literary Awards: People's Choice Award
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- Award
- Australian Book Industry Awards, Literary Fiction Book of the Year, 2014.
- Award
- Davitt Awards, Debut Crime, 2014.
- Award
- Davitt Awards, Readers' Choice, 2014.
- Award
- LibraryReads Favorites, 2013
- Award
- Nielsen BookData Australian Booksellers’ Choice Award, 2014.
- Award
- Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, People's Choice Award, 2014.
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