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Burial Rites

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448 Seiten
Englisch
Hachette Book Grouperschienen am01.11.2013
Based on a true story, Burial Rites is a superb debut novel which explores the case of the last woman to be publicly beheaded in Iceland in 1829. Agnes Magnúsdóttir has been charged with the brutal murder of Natan Ketilsson, her former employer, and has been sent to an isolated residence where she is to be detained throughout her trial. Horrified at having a cold murderer in their midst the family, especially Margret the farmer´s wife, who live at the property treat her with disdain and caution. A young assistant priest, Toti, has been appointed her spiritual guardian and must regularly visit her in an attempt to salvage her soul. Through Toti´s visits, the family learns more about Agnes and the crime she´s apparently committed and as the days to the beheading draw closer, they realise all is not what it first seemed.mehr
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KlappentextBased on a true story, Burial Rites is a superb debut novel which explores the case of the last woman to be publicly beheaded in Iceland in 1829. Agnes Magnúsdóttir has been charged with the brutal murder of Natan Ketilsson, her former employer, and has been sent to an isolated residence where she is to be detained throughout her trial. Horrified at having a cold murderer in their midst the family, especially Margret the farmer´s wife, who live at the property treat her with disdain and caution. A young assistant priest, Toti, has been appointed her spiritual guardian and must regularly visit her in an attempt to salvage her soul. Through Toti´s visits, the family learns more about Agnes and the crime she´s apparently committed and as the days to the beheading draw closer, they realise all is not what it first seemed.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-316-23980-6
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
FormatGenäht
Erscheinungsjahr2013
Erscheinungsdatum01.11.2013
Seiten448 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 159 mm, Höhe 236 mm, Dicke 43 mm
Gewicht789 g
Artikel-Nr.36031999
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GenreRomane Hardcover

Autor

Hannah Kent was born in Adelaide in 1985. Her first novel, Burial Rites, has been translated into nearly thirty languages and was shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (formerly the Orange Prize), the Guardian First Book Award and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Hannah is also the co-founder and publishing director of Australian literary journal Kill Your Darlings. The Good People is her second novel.