by Keri Hulme
bookshelves: books-with-a-passport, published-1984, booker-winner, winter-20112012, new-zealand, paper-read, bedside, tbr-busting-2012 Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Gift from laura Read from January 11 to March 02, 2012 Opening - He walks down the street. The asphalt reels by him.It is all silenc...
Okay. How do I start this. Uhm. I got this book from my English teacher, he was like "Hey, I have a feeling you'd like this, why don't you take it home over the summer?" And I was like well okay why not.Maybe the brief summary my teacher gave me will help you understand my feelings about this book a...
After I got used to how the author handled the dialog and internal monolog, I really fell into the world she'd created. I was as fascinated by the boy as the primary character. I felt like I was there, in that world, looking through the protagonist's eyes. This is a real triumph for any author. I WI...
http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2011/08/review-bone-people-by-keri-hulme.html
Opening - He walks down the street. The asphalt reels by him.It is all silence.The silence is music.He is a singer.The people passing smile and shake their heads.He holds a hand out to them.They open their hands like flowers, shyly.He smiles with them.The light is blinding: he loves the light.They a...
Gorgeous language, compelling and complicated characters.
beautiful story which takes place in New Zealand. Poetically written.
I read this 7 years ago and really liked it, but couldn't remember much of it, so I wanted to read it again. Honestly, I'm not too sure what I think of it now. It's a fascinating story, but at the same time rather depressing, and the ending is... well, is not an ending. A lot of threads are left dan...
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