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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Kent, Hannah, 1985-     Subjects     Agnes Magnúsdóttir, 1795-1830 -- Fiction.     Women murderers -- Fiction.     Social isolation -- Fiction.     Women -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction.     Capital punishment -- Fiction.     Women -- Iceland -- Fiction.     Farms -- Fiction.     Iceland -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Kent, Hannah, 1985-       by title:      Burial rites : a nov...       by call number:      FICTION KEN     Search the Web     Kent, Hannah, 1985-     Agnes Magnúsdóttir, 1795-1830 -- Fiction.     Women murderers -- Fiction.     Social isolation -- Fiction.     Women -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction.     Capital punishment -- Fiction.     Women -- Iceland -- Fiction.     Farms -- Fiction.     Iceland -- Fiction.       MARC Display

Burial rites : a novel / Hannah Kent. by Kent, Hannah, 1985- Little, Brown and Co., c2013. Call #: FICTION KEN Subjects Agnes Magnúsdóttir, 1795-1830 -- Fiction.   Women murderers -- Fiction.   Social isolation -- Fiction.   Women -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction.   Capital punishment -- Fiction.   Women -- Iceland -- Fiction.   Farms -- Fiction.   Iceland -- Fiction. ISBN:  9780316243919 Edition:  1st North American ed. Description:  322 p. : map ; 25 cm. Summary:  "A brilliant literary DEBUT, inspired by a true story: the final days of a young woman accused of murder in Iceland in 1829. 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. 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."--Publisher. Genre:  Historical fiction. Psychological fiction. Biographical fiction. First novel. Holds:  2   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION KEN Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION KEN Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList J. D. Shatford Memorial Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION KEN Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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