Hannah Kent comes to Bookshop Santa Cruz for a reading and signing of her brilliant literary debut, Burial Rites. Inspired by a true story, this novel brings to vivid life the tale of Agnes, who, charged with the brutal murder of her former master, is sent to an isolated farm to await execution. Burial Rites 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?
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Hannah Kent comes to Bookshop Santa Cruz for a reading and signing of her brilliant literary debut, Burial Rites. Inspired by a true story, this novel brings to vivid life the tale of Agnes, who, charged with the brutal murder of her former master, is sent to an isolated farm to await execution. Burial Rites 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?
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