The Bone People
winner of the booker prize
$17.21
- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2002
Summary
The Bone People: A New Zealand Fable of Love and Redemption
A tale of love, loss, and the unexpected connections that bind us. When Simon, a mute and enigmatic six-year-old, strays into the solitary life of Kerwin, a despairing artist, their world is irrevocably changed. Kerwin, lost in a cycle of drinking, contemplation, and fishing, finds himself drawn into the orbit of this unusual child.
Their lives become further entwined with the arrival of Joe, Simon’s Maori foster-fa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780330485418 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0330485415 |
| Author: | Keri Hulme |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2002 |
| Weight: | 392g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 131mm x 35mm |
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Critics Review
‘In this novel, New Zealand’s people, its heritage and landscape are conjured up with uncanny poetry and perceptiveness’ Sunday Times
About The Author
Keri Hulme
Keri Hulme has Kai Tahu, Orkney Island and English ancestry and lives at Okarito on the West Coast of New Zealand. She is writer and painter and has published short stories in a wide variety of magazines and anthologies, and also a book of poetry.
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