Kent, Hannah, 1985-

Burial rites : a novel / Hannah Kent. - New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2014, c2013. - 322 p. : map ; 25 cm.

"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.

ISBN: 9780316243919 (hc.) 0316243914 (hbk.) 9780316243926 (tr. pbk.)

LCCN: 2013014305

Subjects--Personal Names:
Agnes Magnusdottir, 1795-1830 --Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women murderers--Fiction.
Social isolation--Fiction.
Women--Social conditions--19th century--Fiction.
Capital punishment--Fiction.
Women--Iceland--Fiction.
Farms--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Iceland--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction--2014.
Psychological fiction--2014.
Biographical fiction.

LC Class. No.: PR9619.4.K467 / B87 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 823/.92