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The Bone People: A Novel
Keri Hulme
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Description for The Bone People: A Novel
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The powerful, visionary, Booker Award–winning novel about the complicated relationships between three outcasts of mixed European and Maori heritage
“This book is just amazingly, wondrously great.” —Alice Walker
In a tower on the New Zealand sea lives Kerewin Holmes: part Maori, part European, asexual and aromantic, an artist estranged from her art, a woman in exile from her family. One night her solitude is disrupted by a visitor—a speechless, mercurial boy named Simon, who tries to steal from her and then repays her with his most precious possession. As Kerewin succumbs to Simon’s feral charm, she ... Read more
The powerful, visionary, Booker Award–winning novel about the complicated relationships between three outcasts of mixed European and Maori heritage
“This book is just amazingly, wondrously great.” —Alice Walker
In a tower on the New Zealand sea lives Kerewin Holmes: part Maori, part European, asexual and aromantic, an artist estranged from her art, a woman in exile from her family. One night her solitude is disrupted by a visitor—a speechless, mercurial boy named Simon, who tries to steal from her and then repays her with his most precious possession. As Kerewin succumbs to Simon’s feral charm, she ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140089226
SKU
V9780140089226
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Keri Hulme
Keri Hulme (1947-2021): The Maori novelist, poet, and short story writer who became the first New Zealander to win the Booker Prize for this luminous debut novel. She grew up in Christchurch and Moeraki, New Zealand. She spent much of her time smoking a pipe or cigarillos, playing the guitar, painting, fishing, eating, drinking and cooking. She began two additional ... Read more
Reviews for The Bone People: A Novel
"...a huge, ambitious work that aspires to portray the clash between Maori and European cultures..."
The New York Times “An original, overwhelming, near-great work of literature.” —The Washington Post "In this novel, New Zealand's people, its heritage and landscape are conjured up with uncanny poetry and perceptiveness."
Sunday Times (London)
The New York Times “An original, overwhelming, near-great work of literature.” —The Washington Post "In this novel, New Zealand's people, its heritage and landscape are conjured up with uncanny poetry and perceptiveness."
Sunday Times (London)