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The Bone People

By: Keri Hulme
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About this listen

 Available in audio for the first time is Aotearoa New Zealand's first Booker Prize-winning novel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme.

With narration and original taonga puoro music by Ruby Solly, this powerful and mesmerising book tracks the complicated relationships between three outcasts: Kerewin, an artist estranged from her family and art; a mute boy called Simon, who tries to steal from her; and his tender but brutal foster father Joe. Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Small Town & Rural

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But the last 20% was not for me. Overall still worth it, but I had been hoping for a better ending

The first 80% was good

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Reading this book is like reading poetry, I love how words are used, how they sound. I struggled with some of the violence, however it was written without judgement and i had to read it without judgement. There were no clichés. I loved this book.

Brutal and beautiful

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It has been years since I read the book in hard copy. It is a powerful story, but may be a difficult listen for a non-New Zealand as it blends Maori language into the English. But it is a wonderfully woven story of the three main characters. Not for the faint hearted, it also addresses violence and trauma without sugar coating it.

Loved it!

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