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A beautiful, haunting read. I could not put this book down.
This is Hannah Kent's writing debut and it is impressive. Burial Rites is a story of circumstance. It is the true story of Agnes Magnusdottir and is historical fiction at its best. Kent took what little was known of Agnes' story and with research and imagination was able to flesh out a compelling and thorough story.
The story is set in Iceland during the early 19th century. Kent portrays the setting as both beautiful and isolated. Family farms are spread apart from each other and must be fairly ...more
The story is set in Iceland during the early 19th century. Kent portrays the setting as both beautiful and isolated. Family farms are spread apart from each other and must be fairly ...more
Iceland in the 1820's. Cold- very cold- and harsh. People existing on farms and trying to get enough food together for the winter, living in badstofa ( I had to google that to see how they looked) with animal skins for windows, dung fires, and roofs of plant matter which fell down and left gaps. Like I said: cold. This is the background into which Kent has woven her story around the last weeks of the last person who received the death penalty in Iceland. Agnes was placed with a family while awai
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