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Product Identifiers
PublisherLSU Press
ISBN-100807112844
ISBN-139780807112847
eBay Product ID (ePID)1189637
Product Key Features
Book TitleBone People
Number of Pages450 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPsychological, Contemporary Women, Romance / Contemporary
Publication Year1985
GenreFiction
AuthorKeri Hulme
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight30.4 Oz
Item Length5.9 in
Item Width9.1 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN85-012937
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition0
Dewey Decimal823.9/14
SynopsisIntegrating 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 as it continues to astonish and enrich readers around the world. Book jacket.
LC Classification NumberPR9639.3.H75B6 1985
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- Aug 20, 2019
Hands down my favorite book ...
this book has my heart, and my mind. Truly original, and compelling. Stylistically, takes a little while to get in the groove, but then you just fall in, so give it a few pages --absolutely worth it!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
