{"id":48861,"date":"2023-10-02T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T11:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=48861"},"modified":"2023-09-05T15:20:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T20:20:56","slug":"online-reading-challenge-october-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/online-reading-challenge-october-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Reading Challenge – October"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Welcome Readers!<\/p>\n

This month the Online Reading Challenge travels to Iceland. Our Main title for October is Burial Rites<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Hannah Kent. Here\u2019s a quick summary from the publisher.<\/p>\n

Set against Iceland\u2019s 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.<\/em><\/p>\n

Set against Iceland\u2019s 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.<\/em><\/p>\n

Horrified at the prospect of housing a convicted murderer, the family at first avoids Agnes. Only Tv=ti, a priest Agnes has mysteriously chosen to be her spiritual guardian, seeks to understand her. But as Agnes\u2019s death looms, the farmer\u2019s wife and their daughters learn there is another side to the sensational story they\u2019ve heard.<\/em><\/p>\n

Riveting and rich with lyricism, 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?<\/em><\/p>\n

Looking for some other books set in Iceland? Try any of the following.<\/p>\n