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The Telegraph

Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print (Paperback)

Originally published
  
2013

Genre
  
Novel

ISBN
  
9781742612829

4/5
Goodreads

Country
  
Australia

Publication date
  
2013

Pages
  
234

Author
  
Hannah Kent

Page count
  
234

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Publisher
  
Pan Macmillan, Australia

Nominations
  
Guardian First Book Award, Goodreads Choice Awards Best Historical Fiction

Novels
  
The Natural Way of Th, Eyrie, East of Eden, Americanah, Lila

Burial rites by hannah kent book review


Burial Rites (2013) is a novel by Australian author Hannah Kent, based on a true story.

Contents

Hannah kent discusses burial rites and speculative biography


Plot summary

Burial Rites tells the story of Agnes Magnúsdóttir, a servant in northern Iceland who was condemned to death after the murder of two men, one of whom was her employer, and became the last woman put to death in Iceland.

Reviews

  • The Guardian
  • Sydney Review of Books

    • Interviews

  • The Australian - "Hannah Kent's debut novel Burial Rites is written in cold blood" by Stephen Romei

    • Awards and nominations

  • 2011 inaugural winner Writing Australia Unpublished Manuscript Award
  • 2013 shortlisted 'The Nib': CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature
  • 2013 shortlisted Guardian First Book Award
  • 2013 winner 'The Nib': CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature — The Alex Buzo Shortlist Prize
  • 2014 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Fiction
  • 2014 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — People's Choice Award
  • 2014 winner Indie Awards — Debut Fiction
  • 2014 shortlisted Stella Prize
  • 2014 shortlisted ASAL Awards — ALS Gold Medal
  • 2014 shortlisted Women's Prize for Fiction (UK) — Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
  • 2014 winner Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Literary Fiction Book of the Year
  • 2014 winner Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award
  • 2014 winner Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Booktopia People's Choice Award
  • 2014 shortlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
  • 2014 winner Davitt Award — Best Debut Crime Novel
  • 2014 winner Davitt Award — Readers' Choice Award
  • 2014 shortlisted National Book Awards (UK) — International Author of the Year
  • 2014 shortlisted Voss Literary Prize
  • 2015 shortlisted International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award

    • References

    Burial Rites Wikipedia
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