01385cam a2200253 4500 552995476 TxAuBib 20130912120000.0 130424|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013014305 9780316243919 hbk. 0316243914 hbk. (OCoLC)827082645 DLC rda eng DLC IG# YDXCP BTCTA BDX OCLCO JBL TxAuBib Kent, Hannah, 1985- Burial rites : a novel / Hannah Kent. First North American edition. 314 pages ; 25 cm. 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 Toti, 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 -- 20130912. Women murderers Fiction. Iceland Fiction. Biographical fiction. lcgft