The Bone People: Difference between revisions

'''''The Bone People''''', styled by the writer and in some editions as '''''the bone people''''',<ref name="Welham">{{cite news |last1=Welham |first1=Keri |title=Keri Hulme: Bait expectations |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/103196530/keri-hulme-bait-expectations |access-date=10 July 2022 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=English |first=James F. |title=Prizes, Awards, and the Circulation of Cultural Value |year=2005 |publisher=Harvard University Press |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |isbn=978-0-674-01884-6 |at=p. 389, footnote 27| quote=I have followed Hulme is using all lowercase letters for the book's title, although later editions and critical discussions of the book have not always done so |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vY3UOFDA2sAC&q=%22bone+people%22+lowercase&pg=PA389}}</ref> is a 1984 novel by New Zealand writer [[Keri Hulme]]. Set on the coast of the [[South Island]] of New Zealand, the novel focuses on three characters, all of whom are isolated in different ways: a reclusive artist, a mute child, and the child's foster father. Over the course of the novel the trio develop a tentative relationship, are driven apart by violence, and reunite. [[Māori culture|Māori]] and [[Pākehā]] (New Zealand European) culture, myths and language are blended through the novel. The novel has polarised critics and readers, with some praising the novel for its power and originality, while others criticisinghave criticised Hulme's writing style and portrayals of violence.