{"product_id":"the-bone-people","title":"The Bone People","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Booker Prize in 1985, The 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\u003cp\u003e`In this novel, New Zealand`s people, its heritage and landscape are conjured up with uncanny poetry and perceptiveness` Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48264323530975,"sku":"9780330485418","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/2185\/3151\/files\/9780330485418.jpg?v=1765927948","url":"https:\/\/lamplightbooks.pro\/products\/the-bone-people","provider":"Lamplight Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}