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Inspired by a true story, Burial Rites follows the final days of a young woman accused of murder in Iceland in 1829.

She's a pariah with a killer past. Her bid to escape it is nothing short of terrifying in a heart-pounding novel of suspense by Washington Post and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Minka Kent.Afton Teachout has been an outcast in her small town for twenty years--ever since she was accused of murdering her mother's lover in a blackout fit of rage. That is, if one believes the malicious lies.Living with her grandmother, working a hotel nig...

28 dile cevrilen romani Ölü Gömme Törenleri ile büyük bir uluslararasi üne kovusan Hannah Kent, edebiyat dünyasina yaptigi bu mükemmel baslangicin ardindan ikinci eseriyle cikiyor okur karsisina. Yine gercek hayattan ilhamla kurgulanmis bir hikaye ve okurun zihnine agir agir sizan, aci bir dil, cesur bir anlatim. Iki dünya arasinda kadim bir kapi ve o kapiyi bekleyen yasli sifaci.Acligin kapida, medeniyetin ise henüz irak oldugu 1800lü yillar,...

She's a pariah with a killer past. Her bid to escape it is nothing short of terrifying in a heart-pounding novel of suspense by Washington Post and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Minka Kent.Afton Teachout has been an outcast in her small town for twenty years--ever since she was accused of murdering her mother's lover in a blackout fit of rage. That is, if one believes the malicious lies.Living with her grandmother, working a hotel nig...

?With an extraordinarily daring twist halfway through, Devotion is a remarkable novel, an almost visionary celebration of the death-defying power of the women's love' - The Sunday Times?Exquisite . . . it's taken root in my heart' - Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies 1836, Prussia. Hanne is nearly fifteen and the domestic world of womanhood is quickly closing in on her. A child of nature, she yearns instead for the rush of the rive...

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The powerful, moving and truly unique new novel from the bestselling author of Burial Rites and The Good People.

The powerful, moving and truly unique new novel from the international bestselling author of Burial Rites and The Good People.

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Der große Roman von Bestseller-Autorin Hannah Kent über den Widerstreit von Glauben und Vernunft, Wirklichkeit und Mythen - inspiriert von einer wahren Geschichte aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Irland 1825: Die 14-jährige Mary soll der verwitweten Bäuerin Nora mit deren krankem Enkel Michael zur Hand gehen. Der kleine Junge, so munkelt man im Dorf, sei ein Wechselbalg, ein Feenkind, und mache die Kühe krank. Mary gibt nichts auf das Gerede, doch als...

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Irland 1825: Die 14-jährige Mary soll der verwitweten Bäuerin Nora mit deren schwer behindertem Enkel Michael zur Hand gehen. Der kleine Junge, so munkelt man im Dorf, sei ein Wechselbalg, ein Feenkind, und mache die Kühe krank. Mary gibt nichts auf das Gerede, doch als Nora davon hört, reift in der einsamen, verzweifelten Frau eine ungeheuerliche Idee: Wenn es ihr gelingt, den Wechselbalg zu vertreiben, würde sie den gesunden Michael wiederbe...

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Shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. From the author of "Burial Rites" comes a literary novel inspired by true events from 1826, when a woman was tried for the murder of a child committed under the delusion of superstition: the child was thought to be "fairy struck.

Strega, seduttrice, colpevole, assassina: Agnes Magnúsdóttir è accusata di molte cose. Perché nell'Islanda dell'Ottocento - immersa nella nebbia come in mille superstizioni - lei, con la sua bellezza, il suo animo ribelle, la sua intelligenza troppo vivace, è diversa da tutte. Diversa anche per l'uomo che si è scelta: Natan Ketilsson, un uomo più vicino ai diavoli dell'inferno che agli angeli del paradiso, come mormorano nel villaggio, capace ...

From an original new voice comes a brilliant debut, inspired by a true story: the final days of a young woman accused of murder in Iceland in 1829. OA magical exercise in artful literary fiction.ON"Kirkus Reviews, " starred review.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD'One of the most gripping, intriguing and unique books I've read this year' Kate Mosse, author of LabyrinthNorthern Iceland, 1829.A woman condemned to death for murdering her lover.A family forced to take her in.A priest tasked with absolving her.But all is not as it seems, and time is running out: winter is coming, and with it the execution date.Only she can know the truth. This is Agnes's story.'T...