TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hulme,Keri
TI  - The bone people
T2  - The Penguin ink series
SN  - 0143116452 (pbk.)
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - Commitment (Psychology)
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Maori (New Zealand people)
KW  - Mute persons
KW  - Racially mixed people
KW  - Shipwrecks
KW  - Social isolation
KW  - Widowers
KW  - Women painters
KW  - Psychological fiction
KW  - Love stories
KW  - gsafd
N2  - This unusual novel, set in New Zealand, concentrates on three people: Kerewin Holmes, a part-Maori painter who has chosen to isolate herself in a tower she built from lottery winnings; Simon, a troubled and mysterious little boy; and Joe Gillayley, the Maori factory worker who is Simon's foster father. Elements of Maori myth and culture are woven into the novel's exploration of the passions and needs that bind these three people together, for good or ill. It's not easy reading, but the story is compelling despite its stylistic eccentricities and great length. The novel is the winner of the Pegasus Prize
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