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9%OFFSusannah Nix - Burial Rites: The BBC Between the Covers Book Club Pick - 9781447233176 - 9781447233176
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Burial Rites: The BBC Between the Covers Book Club Pick

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Description for Burial Rites: The BBC Between the Covers Book Club Pick Paperback. 'This compelling, ripped-from-real-life tale reminds me of Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace' Karin Slaughter, best-selling author of Kisscut Num Pages: 384 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274.

BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick!

Set against Iceland's stark landscape, Hannah Kent brings to vivid life the story of Agnes, who is charged with the brutal murder of her former master.

'Outstanding' – Madeline Miller


- The Women's Prize for Fiction Shortlist
- The Guardian First Book Award Shortlist
- The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards Shortlist

Iceland, 1829 Agnes Magnúsdóttir is condemned to death for her part in the murder of her lover.

Agnes is sent to wait out her final months on the farm of district officer Jón Jónsson, ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447233176
SKU
9781447233176
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About Susannah Nix
Hannah Kent’s first novel, Burial Rites, has been translated into over thirty languages and was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction (formerly the Orange Prize), the Guardian First Book Award and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. In Australia it won the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year and the Indie Awards Debut Fiction Book of the Year, ... Read more

Reviews for Burial Rites: The BBC Between the Covers Book Club Pick
'A story of swirling sagas, poetry, bitterness, claustrophobia . . . through the long countdown towards Agnes's fate, it is Kent's heart-racing imagery that lingers . . . even the bleakness of Agnes's end, its gut-churning fear, holds an exhilaration that borders on the sublime.' Sunday Telegraph ‘A remarkable achievement . . . Burial Rites will stand comparison with Margaret ... Read more

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