The release date for the English version of 'Burial Rites' by
Hannah Kent is Sep 2013. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
An outstanding literary debut based on a real tale about the last days of a young lady in Iceland in 1829 who was charged with murder.
Hannah Kent vividly tells the tale of Agnes, who is brought to an isolated farm to await execution after being accused of the horrible murder of her previous owner, against the bleak backdrop of Iceland.
The family first stays away from Agnes, horrified at the thought of taking in and feeding a convicted killer. The only person who tries to comprehend Agnes is Tóti, a priest who she has selected inexplicably to be her spiritual protector. However, the farmer's wife and their children discover there is more to the dramatic tale they have been told as Agnes's death approaches.
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?