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Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and a BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick!

'Outstanding' - Madeline Miller, author of Circe
'Gripping, intriguing and unique' - Kate Mosse, author of The Burning Chambers


Northern Iceland, 1829.
A woman condemned to death for murdering her lover.
A family forced to take her in.
A priest tasked with absolving her.

But all is not as it seems, and time is running out: winter is coming, and with it the execution date.
Only she can know the truth. This is Agnes's story . . .

Based on actual events, Burial Rites by Hannah Kent is a dark, thrilling work of historical fiction, and a beautiful and gripping read.

'One of the best Scandinavian crime novels I've read' - Independent
'Remarkable' - Sunday Times
'A must-read' - Grazia
Shorlisted for the Guardian First Book Award
Shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards

One of the many extraordinary books featured in the Picador Collection.

Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and a BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick!

'Outstanding' - Madeline Miller, author of Circe
'Gripping, intriguing and unique' - Kate Mosse, author of The Burning Chambers


Northern Iceland, 1829.
A woman condemned to death for murdering her lover.
A family forced to take her in.
A priest tasked with absolving her.

But all is not as it seems, and time is running out: winter is coming, and with it the execution date.
Only she can know the truth. This is Agnes's story . . .

Based on actual events, Burial Rites by Hannah Kent is a dark, thrilling work of historical fiction, and a beautiful and gripping read.

'One of the best Scandinavian crime novels I've read' - Independent
'Remarkable' - Sunday Times
'A must-read' - Grazia
Shorlisted for the Guardian First Book Award
Shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards

One of the many extraordinary books featured in the Picador Collection.

Über den Autor
Hannah Kent was born in Adelaide in 1985. She is the co-founder and publishing director of Australian literary journal Kill Your Darlings. In 2011 she won the inaugural Writing Australia Unpublished Manuscript Award. She is the author of Burial Rites, The Good People and Devotion.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 384 S.
ISBN-13: 9781035038626
ISBN-10: 1035038625
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Kent, Hannah
Hersteller: Pan Macmillan
Picador
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 194 x 127 x 24 mm
Von/Mit: Hannah Kent
Erscheinungsdatum: 27.02.2024
Gewicht: 0,268 kg
Artikel-ID: 127488395

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