Book of the Month
Una reviews our book of the month Burial Rites
by Hannah Kent
Hannah Kent's debut novel is remarkably accomplished; it's an atmospheric and completely convincing portrait of a woman in the bleakest of circumstances.
n the poor and inhospitable world of 1820s Iceland, Agnes Magnusdottir has been sentenced to death for her part in a double murder. In a grim bit of humour drawn from real life, Iceland has no prisons and officials have had to send abroad to have the axe made.
As Agnes awaits execution, she is sent to live with the local law man and his family on their isolated farm, from which the harsh terrain and approaching winter will make escape impossible. There she is given council by a young assistant reverend named Toti. As they endure the winter together, a complex bond forms between Toti, Agnes and her unwilling keepers, forcing them - and the reader - to ask whether Agnes deserves her fate... Read More
RRP: $32.99
Online Price: $29.69
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This week Emma reviews The Childhood of Jesus
by JM Coetze
It's hard to know what to make of JM Coetzee's new book, a philosophical fable set in an undefined location and time period. A man and a child arrive by boat to a new country, are given new names and a new language, and attempt to set up a new life in a bureaucratic labyrinth in this strange society. They are not family but the boy has lost his parents and the man is determined to find the boy's mother.
I'm glad I read this book, and I will probably read it again, as I think it warrants close consideration. This would be a great book for bookclubs who like their fiction philosophical, serious and somewhat elusive. It will no doubt make excellent fodder for university reading lists with its many possible metaphorical interpretations and its themes of human experience, nationhood and alienation.
RRP: $34.99
Online Price: $31.49
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