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?

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 09/10/2013
ISBN: 9780316243919
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 9.49h x 6.36w x 1.14d
Award: Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction - Finalist
Award: International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award - Finalist
Award: Guardian First Book Award - Nominee
Award: Indies Choice Book Awards - Honor Book

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 04/15/2013 pg. 53
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2013
Kirkus Bea Big Book Guide 05/15/2013 pg. 9
Publishers Weekly 06/17/2013
Library Journal 07/01/2013 pg. 73
Booklist 07/01/2013 pg. 44
Entertainment Weekly 09/13/2013 pg. 78
New Yorker (The) 09/23/2013 pg. 115
Shelf Awareness 09/20/2013
New York Times Book Review 09/29/2013 pg. 17
BookPage 09/01/2013
Library Journal 04/15/2013