Always Home, Always Homesick - A Love Letter to Iceland

From the bestselling author of Burial Rites comes an exquisite memoir about her travels in Iceland, an extraordinary country that has forged a nation of storytellers. When she was seventeen years old, Hannah Kent travelled to Iceland from Australia. She''d never seen snow before, didn''t speak a word of Icelandic. All she knew was that she wanted to have an experience - to soak up something of the world. Soon she found herself isolated in a remote part of Iceland in a dark winter. It was a gruelling experience, but she quickly fell in love with the country: with its brutally beautiful landscapes and with its people. On returning home, Hannah had found a story, and so she began to write. After leaving Iceland, Hannah wrote Burial Rites , a novel that became a phenomenon, that made her an honorary Icelander and which contributed to global fascination with Iceland. Now, as a mother and a wife, she looks back to that extraordinary year in Iceland. Praise for Burial Rites : ''Outstanding'' - Madeline Miller ''Gripping, intriguing and unique'' - Kate Mosse ''One of the best Scandinavian crime novels I''ve read'' - Independent ''Remarkable'' - Sunday Times ''A must-read'' - Grazia

Product details

• Authors: Hannah Kent, Kent Hannah
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 06.11.2025
• EAN: 9781035066278
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3506627-8
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Iceland, Memoirs, Travel writing, Autobiography: writers, TRAVEL / Europe / Nordic Countries / Iceland & Greenland, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs