Burial Rites:
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 Tti,
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.
Riveting and rich with lyricism, BURIAL RITES evokes a dramatic existence in a distant time and place, and
asks the question, how can one woman hope to endure when her life depends upon
the stories told by others?