I applied for funding to embark on an overseas field trip in Iceland, and spent six weeks there happily holed up in… — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
“It was not hard to believe a beautiful woman capable of murder, Margret thought.As it says in the sagas, Opt er flago… — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
In Iceland, you can see the contours of the mountains wherever you go, and the swell of the hills, and always beyond… — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
I first heard the story of Agnes Magnusdottir when I was an exchange student in the north of Iceland. — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
In Iceland, you can see the contours of the mountains wherever you go, and the swell of the hills, and always beyond… — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
I still don't know why, exactly, but I do think people can have a spiritual connection to landscape, and I certainly did… — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing 'Burial Rites,' I was constantly trying to… — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
“Of all the names, one is a mistake. One is a nightmare. The stair you miss in the darkness.” — Hannah Kent Copy Share
I applied for funding to embark on an overseas field trip in Iceland, and spent six weeks there happily holed up in the national… — Hannah Kent Copy Share
“Those who are not being dragged to their deaths cannot understand how the heart grows hard and sharp, until it is a nest of… — Hannah Kent Copy Share
“I might have starved to death. I would be mud-slick, stuffed to the guts with cold and hopelessness, and my body might know it… — Hannah Kent Copy Share
“Illugastadir, the farm by the sea, where the soft air rings with the clang of the smithy, and gulls caw, and seals roll over… — Hannah Kent Copy Share
I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it. — Hannah Kent Copy Share
“Some folks are born different, Nance. They are born on the outside of things, with skin a little a thinner, eyes a little keener… — Hannah Kent Copy Share
“It was not hard to believe a beautiful woman capable of murder, Margret thought.As it says in the sagas, Opt er flago i fogru… — Hannah Kent Copy Share
My dad would tell me bedtime stories, and he used to always leave them open-ended and finish at a crucial point with the words,… — Hannah Kent Copy Share
You know you're going to have a good day when your morning begins with breakfast in the same room as Carrie Tiffany, David Vann… — Hannah Kent Copy Share
