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The Bone People - Keri Hulme, Pepa Heller
The Bone People
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At once a mystery, a love story, and an ambitious exploration of the zone where Maori and European New Zealand meet, Booker Prize-winning novel The Bone People is a powerful and unsettling tale saturated with violence and Maori spirituality.
At once a mystery, a love story, and an ambitious exploration of the zone where Maori and European New Zealand meet, Booker Prize-winning novel The Bone People is a powerful and unsettling tale saturated with violence and Maori spirituality.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780143116455 (0143116452)
ASIN: 143116452
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 576
Edition language: English
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Inked Brownies
Inked Brownies rated it
3.0 Kerewin
During the first 10 pages or so, I thought I was never going to get through the entire 791 of them. Keri Hulme's writing style is very different from anything I've ever read before. Then, like eyes adjusting to darkness, I suddenly 'got it'. The next 500 pages were a feast to read. Mysteries surroun...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it
2.0 The Bone People
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...
La Conteuse
La Conteuse rated it
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...
Laine Cunningham
Laine Cunningham rated it
5.0 The Bone People: A Novel
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...
Boston Bibliophile
Boston Bibliophile rated it
4.0 The Bone People: A Novel (Penguin Ink) (The Penguin Ink Series)
http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2011/08/review-bone-people-by-keri-hulme.html
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