Book Review: "The Bone People"
by Keri Hulme
cover of a paperback edition
I could not put this book down. I loved the characters, Maoris in modern New Zealand. Dealing with the conflict of cultures and their own human flaws, 3 people – a man, a woman and a boy, create a kind of family for themselves. Beautifully spiced with ancient legends and customs as well as the issues plaguing Maoris today.
From Publishers Weekly: “Winner of the 1985 Booker Prize, this novel my a New Zealander of Maori, Scottish and English ancestry…has abundant, enticing stories to tell of culturally split lives.”
From Library Journal: “…Maori vocabulary is interwoven with contemporary British, Australian, and American idioms; and the New Zealand sea- and landscape vibrate under fresh perception. Hulme shifts narrative points of view to build a gripping account of violence, love, death, magic and redemption.”
From 500 Great Books for Women; review by Prudence Hockley: “The Bone People weaves its story together with dreams, myths and legends, the world of the dead, and the ways of ancient cultures.”
Hardback cover
cover of a paperback edition
I could not put this book down. I loved the characters, Maoris in modern New Zealand. Dealing with the conflict of cultures and their own human flaws, 3 people – a man, a woman and a boy, create a kind of family for themselves. Beautifully spiced with ancient legends and customs as well as the issues plaguing Maoris today.
From Publishers Weekly: “Winner of the 1985 Booker Prize, this novel my a New Zealander of Maori, Scottish and English ancestry…has abundant, enticing stories to tell of culturally split lives.”
From Library Journal: “…Maori vocabulary is interwoven with contemporary British, Australian, and American idioms; and the New Zealand sea- and landscape vibrate under fresh perception. Hulme shifts narrative points of view to build a gripping account of violence, love, death, magic and redemption.”
From 500 Great Books for Women; review by Prudence Hockley: “The Bone People weaves its story together with dreams, myths and legends, the world of the dead, and the ways of ancient cultures.”
Hardback cover
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