'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 Libros
El trabajo de Hannah Kent se adentra en los rincones sombríos de la psique humana y la historia, ofreciendo narrativas caracterizadas por una honestidad cruda y una prosa cautivadora. Crea magistralmente cuentos atmosféricos que sumergen al lector en profundas exploraciones de la culpa, el castigo y la búsqueda de la redención, a menudo ambientados en escenarios austeros y aislados. Su voz distintiva y su enfoque narrativo crean personajes y situaciones que resuenan profundamente mucho después de pasar la última página. La importancia literaria de Kent radica en su habilidad para desenterrar verdades complejas a través de narrativas meticulosamente investigadas y cargadas de emoción.
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.
Devotion
- 432 páginas
- 16 horas de lectura
The powerful, moving and truly unique novel from the international bestselling author of Burial Rites and The Good People.