{"product_id":"the-bone-people-by-keri-hume-hardcover","title":"THE BONE PEOPLE by Keri Hulme - HARDCOVER","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE BONE PEOPLE\u003cbr\u003eby Keri Hulme\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0340370246\u003cbr\u003eFormat: small hardcover with dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePublished: Spiral \/ Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton 1984, reprinted 1985\u003cbr\u003eSize (mm): 140 w x 220 h x 40 d\u003cbr\u003ePages: 450\u003cbr\u003eSKU: A5\/2412\/0467\/U430\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003eAn extraordinary novel blending reality with dreams, melding Maori and European, weaving strange and hurtful pasts into strangely bright futures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA literary tour de force, this unusual, painfully- felt novel focuses on a strange and uneasy triangle. Kerewin, a sometime artist living alone on the edge of the sea, finds her solitary, self- sufficient life interrupted by the arrival of a silent urchin who communicates with her only by sign language. He is claimed eventually by his stepfather, whose relationship with the boy often erupts into violence, frustration and despair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn extraordinary, alive and intense book, which has already been widely acclaimed in Keri Hulme's native New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003eExcellent with light wear on dust jacket, name on front end paper, pages otherwise clean, faint spotting on page edges, binding tight. Images depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003eIncreasingly scarce in hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55450526777636,"sku":null,"price":39.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/81620.jpg?v=1785281630","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/the-bone-people-by-keri-hume-hardcover","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}