7 Hannah Kent Quotes for You to Enjoy

Hannah Kent

Australian Writer

Born: 1985

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I first heard the story of Agnes Magnusdottir when I was an exchange student in the north of Iceland. Hannah Kent

First Student Exchange Heard North Story Iceland

The mystery at the center of 'Burial Rites' is not who killed whom on the night of March 13, 1828. It is the mystery each of us encounters: Can we every truly know another? Can we ever truly know ourselves? Hannah Kent

Every Ourselves Rites Mystery Know Another Truly Encounters Burial Center Us Who Each Whom Ever March Night

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. Hannah Kent

Love Writing Extraordinary Kind Constantly See Ongoing Poetry Rites Could Particular Qualities Ineffable Trying Burial Whether Iceland Landscape Deep

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

Me Hate Research Enjoy Hooked Reminds Term Historical Really Novel

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, 'dream on'. Then it was my responsibility to finish the story as I was drifting off to sleep. We would call them dreaming stories. Hannah Kent

Me Words Responsibility Tell Dream Would Dreaming Finish Drifting Point Crucial He Open-Ended Call Always Leave Bedtime Off Stories Story Them Then Used Dad Sleep

Most writers are drawn to what is unknown, rather than what is clear in any tale. Hannah Kent

Unknown Drawn Rather Writers Clear Tale Most Than Any

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