ABBEY'S CHOICE MAY 2013 ----- A brilliant literary debut, inspired by a true story: the final days of a young woman accused of murder in Iceland in 1829. 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 Toti, 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, this story 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?
By:
Hannah Kent Imprint: Picador Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 197mm,
Width: 130mm,
Spine: 22mm
Weight: 260g ISBN:9781743516966 ISBN 10: 1743516967 Publication Date:01 March 2014 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Shortlisted for Guardian First Book Award 2013.
Shortlisted for Stella Prize 2014.
Winner of ABA Nielsen Bookdata Booksellers' Choice Award 2014
Winner of ABA Nielsen Bookdata Booksellers' Choice Award 2014 (Australia)
Winner of ABIA & Booktopia People's Choice Awards: Fiction Book of the Year 2014
Winner of ABIA & Booktopia People's Choice Awards: Fiction Book of the Year 2014.
Winner of ABIA Australian Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2014
Winner of ABIA Australian Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2014.
Winner of Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2014.
Winner of Nielsen BookData/ABA Book of the Year Award - Booksellers' Choice 2014.
Winner of Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists 2014.
