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Bone People (05 Edition)

by Keri Hulme

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Integrating both Maori myth and New Zealand reality, The Bone People became the most successful novel in New Zealand publishing history when it appeared in 1984. Set on the South Island beaches of New Zealand, a harsh environment, the novel chronicles the complicated relationships between three emotional outcasts of mixed European and Maori heritage. Kerewin Holmes is a painter and a loner, convinced that to care for anything is to invite disaster. Her isolation is disrupted one day when a six-year-old mute boy, Simon, breaks into her house. The sole survivor of a mysterious shipwreck, Simon has been adopted by a widower Maori factory worker, Joe Gillayley, who is both tender and horribly brutal toward the boy. Through shifting points of view, the novel reveals each character's thoughts and feelings as they struggle with the desire to connect and the fear of attachment. Compared to the works of James Joyce in its use of indigenous language and portrayal of consciousness, The Bone People captures the soul of New Zealand. After twenty years, it continues to astonish and enrich readers around the world.

Synopsis:

Set in the harsh environment of the South Island beaches of New Zealand, this masterful story brings together three singular people in a trinity that reflects their country's varied heritage. Winner of the 1985 Booker-McConnell prize for fiction.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780807130728

Author:

Hulme, Keri

Publisher:

Louisiana State University Press

Subject:

General

Subject:

Boys

Subject:

Shipwrecks

Subject:

Love stories

Subject:

Racially mixed people

Subject:

Literature-A to Z

Publication Date:

20050331

Binding:

Hardcover

Language:

English

Pages:

366

Dimensions:

9.50x6.34x1.63 in. 1.80 lbs.

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Bone People (05 Edition) Used Hardcover Keri Hulme

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Product details 366 pages Louisiana State University Press - 0- English 9780807130728 Reviews:

"Synopsis" by Libri, Set in the harsh environment of the South Island beaches of New Zealand, this masterful story brings together three singular people in a trinity that reflects their country's varied heritage. Winner of the 1985 Booker-McConnell prize for fiction.