{"product_id":"the-bone-people","title":"The Bone People","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner of the Booker Prize 1985\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner of the Pegasus Prize for Literature 1984\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner of the New Zealand Book Award for Fiction 1984\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Keri Hulme","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59541040300377,"sku":"9780330485418","price":19.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1069\/9056\/7769\/files\/9780330485418.jpg?v=1790107198","url":"https:\/\/thetwotrickpony.ch\/products\/the-bone-people","provider":"The Two Trick Pony","version":"1.0","type":"link"}