Hannah Kent Boeken

'In my brief breath of life, might I find a way to fit light to paper?'In a land of ethereal beauty, within a culture soaked in myth, a young woman discovers the story that will change her life.In 2003, seventeen-year-old Australian exchange student Hannah Kent arrives at Keflavík Airport in the middle of the Icelandic winter.That night she sleeps off her jet lag and bewilderment in the National Archives of Iceland, unaware that, years later, she will return to the same building to write Burial Rites, the haunting story of Agnes Magnúsdóttir, the last woman executed in Iceland. The novel will go on to launch the author's stellar literary career and capture the hearts of readers across the globe.Always Home, Always Homesick is Hannah Kent's exquisite love letter to a land that has forged a nation of storytellers, her ode to the transcendent power of creativity, and her invitation to us all to join her in the realms of mystery, spirit and wonder.

Northern 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 they had assumed, and time is running out - winter is coming and with it the execution date. Only she can know the truth.

Short-listed for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction One of Entertainment Weekly's "Must-Read" books for Fall From the author of Burial Rites, "a literary novel with the pace and tension of a thriller that takes us on a frightening journey towards an unspeakable tragedy."-Paula Hawkins, bestselling author of The Girl on the Train Based on true events in nineteenth century Ireland, Hannah Kent's startling new novel tells the story of three women, drawn together to rescue child from a superstitious community. Nora, bereft after the death of her husband, finds herself alone and caring for her grandson Micheál, who can neither speak nor walk. A handmaid, Mary, arrives to help Nóra just as rumours begin to spread that Micheál is a changeling child who is bringing bad luck to the valley. Determined to banish evil, Nora and Mary enlist the help of Nance, an elderly wanderer who understands the magic of the old ways. Set in a lost world bound by its own laws, THE GOOD PEOPLE is Hannah Kent's startling new novel about absolute belief and devoted loveTerrifying, thrilling and moving in equal measure, this follow-up to Burial Rites shows an author at the height of her powers.

The powerful, moving and truly unique new novel from the bestselling author of &i;>Burial Rites&/i> and &i;>The Good People.&/i>

Az elsőkönyves szerzők műveit díjazó Guardian First Book Award döntőse „Az egyik legmegkapóbb és legizgalmasabb könyv, amit idén olvastam.” (Kate Mosse, a Labirintus szerzője) Izland rideg északi partvidékén járunk, 1829-ben. Egy nőt halálra ítélnek a szeretője megöléséért, és a kivégzésig egy család gondjaira bízzák. Lelkészt is rendelnek mellé, hogy feloldozza bűnei alól. Az elítélt lassan megnyílik a tisztelendőnek, elmeséli neki az életét és a gyilkosság előzményeit. Egyre nyilvánvalóbbá válik, hogy semmi sem az, aminek látszik, de az idő vészesen fogy – közeleg a tél, és vele a kivégzés napja. Csak ő tudja, mi történt valójában. Ez Agnes története. A halálra várók szenvedésének kegyetlenségénél csak a tétlenek és tehetetlenek lelkiismeret-furdalása rosszabb.