Burial rites : a novel /
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...
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| स्वरूप: | पुस्तक |
| भाषा: | English |
| प्रकाशित: | New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2013] |
| संस्करण: | First North American edition. |
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| सारांश: | 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 Tóti, 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. ... BURIAL RITES evokes a dramatic existence in a distant time and place -- |
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| भौतिक वर्णन: | 319 pages : map ; 25 cm. |
| आईएसबीएन: | 9780316243919 (hardcover) 0316243914 (hardcover) 9780316239806 (large print) 0316239801 (large print) |
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