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Agnes is sent to wait out the time leading to her execution on the farm of District Officer Jon Jonssonm, his wife and their two daughters. Horrified to have a convicted murderess in their midst, the family avoids speaking with Agnes. Only Toti, the young assistant reverend appointed as Agnes's spiritual guardian, is compelled to try to understand her, as he attempts to salvage her soul. As the summer months fall away to winter and the hardships of rural life force the household to work side by side, Agnes's illfated tale of longing and betrayal begins to emerge. And as the days to her execution draw closer, the question burns: did she or didn't she?
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Burial Rites, Hannah Kent
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- Released
- 2013
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- Title
- Burial Rites
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Hannah Kent
- Publisher
- Picador
- Released
- 2013
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 1742612822
- ISBN13
- 9781742612829
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Nature, Historical Fiction, Mystery Novels, Thriller, Women, Relationships, Murders, 19th century, Psychological Thrillers, Adapted for Film, Scandinavian Literature, Psychological novels, Family relationships, Nordic Noir, Murderers, Poverty, Farms, Homesteads, Debut, Community, Iceland, Australian Literature, Priests, Death Penalty, Murderess
- First published
- 2013
- Original title
- Burial Riters
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
- Description
- Agnes is sent to wait out the time leading to her execution on the farm of District Officer Jon Jonssonm, his wife and their two daughters. Horrified to have a convicted murderess in their midst, the family avoids speaking with Agnes. Only Toti, the young assistant reverend appointed as Agnes's spiritual guardian, is compelled to try to understand her, as he attempts to salvage her soul. As the summer months fall away to winter and the hardships of rural life force the household to work side by side, Agnes's illfated tale of longing and betrayal begins to emerge. And as the days to her execution draw closer, the question burns: did she or didn't she?