by Hannah Kent · Pan Macmillan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781447233176
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«Burial Rites» is the historical novel by Hannah Kent, published by Pan Macmillan in paperback (355 pages, in English).
In northern Iceland in 1829, Agnes Magnúsdóttir awaits her execution for murdering her former master. Sent to an isolated farm, she endures the rejection of the family that must take her in; only Tóti, a young priest, tries to understand her. With winter, the truth about the crime surfaces and dismantles appearances.
Novel inspired by the true story of Agnes Magnúsdóttir, the last woman executed in Iceland. Winner of the Davitt Award and nominated for the Women's Prize for Fiction.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and true crime; it was a selection of the BBC Between the Covers book club.
Hannah Kent is an Australian writer, author of the novels Burial Rites (2013), The Good People (2016), and Devotion (2021), as well as a memoir, Always Home, Always Homesick (2025).
