The Bone People - Brossura

Hulme, Estate Of Keri Ann Ruhi

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0330296108 ISBN 13: 9780330296106

Casa editrice: Picador, 1986

Riassunto

Integrating both Maori myth and New Zealand reality, The Bone People became the most successful novel in New Zealand publishing history when it appeared in 1984. Set on the South Island beaches of New Zealand, a harsh environment, the novel chronicles the complicated relationships between three emotional outcasts of mixed European and Maori heritage. Kerewin Holmes is a painter and a loner, convinced that "to care for anything is to invite disaster." Her isolation is disrupted one day when a six-year-old mute boy, Simon, breaks into her house. The sole survivor of a mysterious shipwreck, Simon has been adopted by a widower Maori factory worker, Joe Gillayley, who is both tender and horribly brutal toward the boy. Through shifting points of view, the novel reveals each character's thoughts and feelings as they struggle with the desire to connect and the fear of attachment. Compared to the works of James Joyce in its use of indigenous language and portrayal of consciousness, The Bone People captures the soul of New Zealand. After twenty years, it continues to astonish and enrich readers around the world.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Picador
• Data di pubblicazione: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0330296108
• ISBN 13: 9780330296106
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 464