Книга: Kent Hannah «Burial Rites»
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Производитель: "Macmillan Publishers" In northern Iceland, 1829, Agnes Magnusdottir is condemned to death for her part in the brutal murder of her lover. Agnes is sent to wait out her final months on the farm of district officer Jon Jonsson, his wife and their two daughters. Horrified to have a convicted murderer in their midst, the family avoid contact with Agnes. Only Toti, the young assistant priest appointed Agnes`s spiritual guardian, is compelled to try to understand her. As the year progresses and the hardships of rural life force the household to work side by side, Agnes`s story begins to emerge and with it the family`s terrible realization that all is not as they had assumed. Based on actual events, Burial Rites is an astonishing and moving novel about the truths we claim to know and the ways in which we interpret what we`re told. In beautiful, cut-glass prose, Hannah Kent portrays Iceland`s formidable landscape, in which every day is a battle for survival, and asks, how can one woman hope to endure when her life depends upon the stories told by others? Burial Rites is perfect for fans of Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood and The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan. Издательство: "Macmillan Publishers" (2014) Формат: 130x200, 354 стр.
ISBN: 978-1-4472-3317-6 |
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| Burial Rites | In northern Iceland, 1829, Agnes Magnusdottir is condemned to death for her part in the brutal murder of her lover. Agnes is sent to wait out her final months on the farm of district officer Jon… — Macmillan Publishers, - Подробнее... | бумажная книга | ||
| Burial Rites | They said I must die. They said that I stole the breaths from men, and now they must steal mine. I imagine, then, that we are all candle flames, greasy-bright, fluttering in the darkness and the howl… — Macmillan Publishers, - Подробнее... | бумажная книга |
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