Nice to see indigenous voices from my home country NZ resonate so far! Met young French book fan who loves Witi Ihimaera, 1st Māori writer to publish a novel. And glad to recommend The Bone People, a favourite book by Māori writer Keri Hulme. #books #newzealand #writer #witiihimaera #thebonepeople

‘Keri was ahead of her time’: The Bone People’s historic Booker Prize win The Bone People won the world’s top literary prize 40 years ago, despite one judge describing it as “unreadable”. Was this global success to blame for author Keri Hulme never publishing a second book?

Still my favourite novel ever. Wonderful article.
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
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Cover of the book, The Bone People by Keri Hulme.

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