'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.
Hannah Kent Boeken
Het werk van Hannah Kent duikt in de schaduwrijke hoeken van de menselijke psyche en geschiedenis en biedt verhalen die gekenmerkt worden door rauwe eerlijkheid en meeslepende proza. Ze creëert meesterlijk sfeervolle verhalen die de lezer onderdompelen in diepgaande verkenningen van schuld, straf en de zoektocht naar verlossing, vaak tegen een sombere, geïsoleerde achtergrond. Haar onderscheidende stem en benadering van het vertellen creëren personages en situaties die diep resoneren lang nadat de laatste pagina is omgeslagen. Kents literaire betekenis ligt in haar vermogen om complexe waarheden te ontdekken door middel van zorgvuldig onderzochte en emotioneel geladen verhalen.
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.
A mesmerising literary novel about a lost man in search of connection that is also a meditation on love, art and commitment, set against the backdrop of one of the greatest art events in modern history.
Based on true events and 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 love, set in nineteenth-century Ireland and based on newspaper reports and a court case from the time. Terrifying, thrilling and moving in equal measure, this long-awaited follow-up to Burial Rites shows an author at the height of her powers.
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The powerful, moving and truly unique new novel from the bestselling author of &i;>Burial Rites&/i> and &i;>The Good People.&/i>