- Title:
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Burial Rites (MP3)
- Written by:
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Hannah Kent
- Read by:
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Morven Christie
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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11 hours 59 minutes
- MP3 size:
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497 MB
- Published:
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May 01 2013
- Available Date:
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May 01 2013
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781743153314
- Genres:
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Fiction; Crime & Thriller; Historical
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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Price
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Shortlisted The Guardian First Book Award 2013
Shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards / Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction 2014
Shortlisted BAILEYS Women’s Prize for Fiction 2014
Shortlisted The Stella Prize 2014
Shortlisted Australian Book Industry Award / Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2014
Winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards / People's Choice Award 2014
'Burial Rites is an accomplished gem, its prose as crisp and sparkling as its northern setting.'
Geraldine Brooks, bestselling author
Based on a true story.
In northern Iceland, 1829, Agnes Magnúsdóttir is condemned to death for her part in the brutal murder of two men.
Agnes is sent to wait out the months leading up to her execution on the farm of district officer Jón Jónsson, his wife and their two daughters. Horrified to have a convicted murderess in their midst, the family avoid contact with Agnes – until one winter night, she begins her whispered confession to them, and they realise that all is not as they had assumed.
Based on a true story, Burial Rites is an astonishing and moving novel about the truths we claim to know and the ways in which we interpret what we’re told.
'So gripping I wanted to rush through the pages, but so
beautifully written I wanted to linger over every sentence.
Hannah Kent’s debut novel is outstanding.'
Madeline Miller, Orange Prize-winning author of The Song of Achilles