Bilingual Bonus: the book is full of te reo Maori, only some of which is translated in the appendix.Keri Hulme is a reclusive writer with writer's block who lives in the South Island. Kerewin is a reclusive artist with artist's block who lives in the South Island of New Zealand. Author Avatar: Kerewin Holmes is a clear one for Keri Hulme.Hulme spent many years promising a follow-up novel unfortunately, it was not to be, as she died in 2021.
It is ultimately a worthwhile read to anyone who likes a challenge. The Bone People is something of a joke in New Zealand as it is widely acknowledged as being a famous novel no one reads, because of its supposedly incomprehensible prose style.
Just as Kerewin is coming out of her shell and a new family seems to be being formed, Kerewin realises someone has been horribly physically abusing Simon and things get nasty. A friendship develops between Kerewin, Simon and Simon's adoptive father Joe Gillaley. It is the story of a painter, Kerewin Holmes who is estranged from her family and lives a reclusive life until she finds a young mute, mystical boy called Simon Peter has broken into her home.
The Bone People by Keri Hulme (or to use the author's preferred capitalisation, the bone people) is a literary novel that was published by a small press in 1984 and famously went on to become the first New Zealand novel ever to win the Booker Prize (Eleanor Catton's The Luminaries became the second).
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