Bone People

Winner of the Booker Prize in 1985, "The Bone People" is the Story of Kerewin, a Despairing Part-Maori Artist Who is Convinced That Her Solitary Life is the Only Way to Face the World. Her Cocoon is Rudely Blown Away by the Sudden Arrival During a Rainstorm of Simon, a Mute Six-Year-Old Whose Past Seems to Hold Some Terrible Trauma. in His Wake Comes His Foster-Father Joe, a Maori Factory Worker With a Nasty Temper. the Narrative Unravels to Reveal the Truths That Lie Behind These Three Characters, and in so Doing Displays Itself As a Huge, Ambitious Work That Tackles the Clash Between Maori and European Characters in Beautiful Prose of a Heartrending Poignancy. 'In This Novel, New Zealand's People, Its Heritage and Landscape Are Conjured Up With Uncanny Poetry and Perceptiveness.' - "Sunday Times."