The Bone People
by Hulme, Keri
Keri Hulme is a New Zealand writer, best known for her Man Booker prize-wining novel, The Bone People.
The story is set on the harsh South Island beaches of New Zealand and recounts the stories and lives of three disparate and emotionally damaged people 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 widowed Maori factory worker, Joe Gillayley, who is both tender and monstrously brutal toward the child. The novel uses journal entries, poems, dreams and narration to tell this raw, complicated story and to reveal each character’s motivations and desire to connect. Through shifting points of view, Hulme weaves together an unparralled story of vitality and glaring isolation.
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THE BONE PEOPLE
by HULME, Keri
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SPIRAL, 1983. Second state. 8vo, 469pp. A good paperback copy with edges stained. Corrections on table of contents page. Item Price
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Hulme, Keri: The Bone People. Louisiana State University Press, A tale of New Zealand. Stated United States First Edition, 1985. 450 pages, indexed. WINNER OF THE PEGASUS PRIZE FOR LITERATURE AND THE BOOKER PRIZE. Used. Very Good/Very Good unclipped original $17.95 dust jacket. Summary: "The Bone People, first published in 1984 by Spiral, New Zealand. About this book: The Bone… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Bone People
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Picador. Good. 19.7 x 13 x 2.8 centimetres (0.3. Paperback. 1985. 450 pages. Cover worn<br>The powerful, visionary, Booker Award?wi nning novel about the complicated relationships between three out casts of mixed European and Maori heritage. ?This book is just a mazingly, wondrously great.? ?Alice Walker In a tower on the New Zealand sea lives Kerewin Holmes: part… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Bone People
by HULME Keri
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Wellington: Spiral, 1983 first issue in first NZ edition, light handling wear with rubbed or creased edges, lacks blank front endpaper, crossed out name in pen to first (title) page, no errata page as called for, [x],469,[1]pp New Zealand native maori culture based novel. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Item Price
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(Wellington): Spiral, 1983. Softcover. Fine. First edition, first issue. Wrappers as issued. Small owner name on the first page, rubbing to the edges of the front wrap, some creases on the rear wrap, a near very good copy of the very scarce true first edition, first published in New Zealand, and rarely found in fine condition. Booker Prize… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Bone People: Winner of the Booker Prize
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Wellington: Spiral, 1983. First New Zealand edition (and true first) of the author's Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. In very good condition. Item Price
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The Bone People
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A.: Louisiana State Univ Press, 1985. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1985 Louisiana State Univ Press FIRST American Edition of Hulme's Booker Prize winning book. A terrific copy in NF/NF condition. The HB is very clean and unmarked with only a tad lean of the spine. The DJ is not price clipped with virtually no… Read more about this item Item Price
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Spiral Press and Hodder and Stoughton, Auckland London Sydney Toronto, 1985. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First UK Edition. This first UK edition/first printing is in very fine condition with a slight to front bottom tip in a fine price clipped dust jacket. This book is Keri Hulme's literary tour de force. This unusual,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Hodder and Stoughton, 1985. A first edition, second issue, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1985. This is the second issue which is smaller in size to the first issue and has the flash on the wrapper stating, 'Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 1985'. The book has been signed and inscribed by the author to the ffep (and located,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Auckland: Hodder and Stoughton, 1985. First edition of the author's Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, small name. Item Price
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Bone People, The
by Hulme Keri
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Wellington, NZL
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New Zealand: Spiral, 1983. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Soft Cover, 469 pp., First printing, authors name on cover high lit, sans serif characters in text unlike second printing. No corrections on back of contents page. Booker winner, Some yellowing to base of first title page and to… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Bone People.
by Keri Hulme .
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London, UK Pan Books: Picador, 1986. Paperback First Edition Thus [1986], First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition Thus [1986], First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: just a touch of wear to the extremities; mild rubbing to the wrapper covers; a… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Bone People
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The Bone People
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Baton Rouge LA: Louisiana State Univ Press, 1985. 1st American edition. Hardback in aqua cloth boards, in glossy color-illus jacket.. Good w owner indscription, in Good clipped jacket.. Pegasus and Booker prizes for literature, about the Maori struggle in NZ. Solid tight HB copy w jacket.
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The Bone People
by Hulme, Keri
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New Zealand and UK: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1985-06-30. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x2. First hardback edition. Slight rubbing to corners of boards and head and tail of spine. Fading to D/J spine with rubbing and small closed tear to head of spine. Light dent to rear board and D/J. Inside D/J a little marked. Item Price
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Bone People, The
by Hulme Keri
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New Zealand: Spiral, 1983. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 469 pages second state - author name not highlit, corrections on rear of contents page. won Man Booker Prizxe in 1985 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 3 creases to front cover in corners - tiny corner of cover… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Bone People
by Hulme, Keri
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Bone People, The
by Hulme Keri
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Wellington, NZL
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New Zealand: Spiral, 1983. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 469 pages second state - author name not highlit, corrections on rear of contents page. won Man Booker Prize in 1985 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. isbn 959759328
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The Bone People
by Hulme, Keri
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- 1985
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U.S.A.: Louisiana State University Press, 1985. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. Later Printing. A FOURTH printing. Book is in Very Good + condition. Boards are clean, not bumped. Fore edges have a tiny bit of shelf wear. Interior is clean and legible. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Near Fine condition. Not chipped or crinkled. Not price clipped. Dust Jacket… Read more about this item Item Price
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