The Bone People

Powerful and visionary Keri Hulme has written the great New Zealand novel ofour times. <strong>The Bone People</strong> is the story of Kerewin a despairing par... » 

Powerful and visionary Keri Hulme has written the great New Zealand novel ofour times. The Bone People is the story of Kerewin a despairing partMaoriartist who is convinced that her solitary life is the only way to face theworld. Her cocoon is rudely blown away by the sudden arrival during a rainstormof Simon a mute sixyearold whose past seems to hold some terrible trauma. Inhis wake comes his fosterfather Joe a Maori factory worker with a nastytemper. The narrative unravels to reveal the truths that lie behind these threecharacters and in so doing displays itself as a huge ambitious work thattackles the clash between Maori and European characters in beautiful prose of aheartrending poignancy. «