The Resource Burial rites, Hannah Kent
Burial rites, Hannah Kent
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The item Burial rites, Hannah Kent represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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The item Burial rites, Hannah Kent represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- 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. Only Tóti, a priest Agnes has mysteriously chosen to be her spiritual guardian, seeks to understand her. 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. ... BURIAL RITES evokes a dramatic existence in a distant time and place --
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 322 pages
- Note
- "A novel."
- Isbn
- 9780316239806
- Label
- Burial rites
- Title
- Burial rites
- Statement of responsibility
- Hannah Kent
- Subject
-
- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Homicide -- Fiction
- Iceland
- Iceland -- Fiction
- Iceland -- Fiction
- Magnúsdóttir, Agnes, 1795-1830 -- Fiction
- Amerikanisches Englisch
- Psychological fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Roman
- Women murderers
- Women murderers -- Fiction
- Meurtrières -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Biographical fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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. Only Tóti, a priest Agnes has mysteriously chosen to be her spiritual guardian, seeks to understand her. 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. ... BURIAL RITES evokes a dramatic existence in a distant time and place --
- Assigning source
- provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1985-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kent, Hannah
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Magnúsdóttir, Agnes
- Women murderers
- Iceland
- Iceland
- Meurtrières
- Women murderers
- Iceland
- Roman
- Amerikanisches Englisch
- Homicide
- Iceland
- Biographical fiction
- Label
- Burial rites, Hannah Kent
- Note
- "A novel."
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 827082645
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 322 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316239806
- Lccn
- 2013014305
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)827082645
- Label
- Burial rites, Hannah Kent
- Note
- "A novel."
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 827082645
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 322 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316239806
- Lccn
- 2013014305
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)827082645
Subject
- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Homicide -- Fiction
- Iceland
- Iceland -- Fiction
- Iceland -- Fiction
- Magnúsdóttir, Agnes, 1795-1830 -- Fiction
- Amerikanisches Englisch
- Psychological fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Roman
- Women murderers
- Women murderers -- Fiction
- Meurtrières -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Biographical fiction
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