I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing Burial Rites, I was constantly trying to see whether I could distill its extraordinary and ineffable qualities into a kind of poetry.
I preferred to read than talk with the others. - Hannah Kent
I preferred to read than talk with the others.
- Hannah Kent
As though prayer could simply pluck sin out. But any woman knows that a thread, once woven, is fixed in place; the only way to smooth a mistake is to… - Hannah Kent
As though prayer could simply pluck sin out. But any woman knows that a thread, once woven, is fixed in place; the only way to smooth a mistake is to…
To know what a person has done, and to know who a person is, are very different things. - Hannah Kent
To know what a person has done, and to know who a person is, are very different things.
A bubble of fear passes up my spine. It's the feeling of standing on ice and suddenly hearing it crack under your weight - both thrilling and terrify… - Hannah Kent
A bubble of fear passes up my spine. It's the feeling of standing on ice and suddenly hearing it crack under your weight - both thrilling and terrify…
If I believed everything everyone had ever told me about my family I'd be a sight more miserable than I am now - Hannah Kent
If I believed everything everyone had ever told me about my family I'd be a sight more miserable than I am now
How can I say what it was like to breathe again? I felt newborn. I staggered in the light of the world and took deep gulps of fresh sea air. It was l… - Hannah Kent
How can I say what it was like to breathe again? I felt newborn. I staggered in the light of the world and took deep gulps of fresh sea air. It was l…
No doves come from ravens’ eggs - Hannah Kent
No doves come from ravens’ eggs
I don't want to be remembered, I want to be here! - Hannah Kent
I don't want to be remembered, I want to be here!
I first heard the story of Agnes Magnusdottir when I was an exchange student in the north of Iceland. - Hannah Kent
I first heard the story of Agnes Magnusdottir when I was an exchange student in the north of Iceland.
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