The Bone People: Winner of the Booker Prize Hulme, Keri Summary Kerewin, a part-Maori painter living in self-exile, is drawn out of her isolation by a mute boy who is cast up on a beach, the only survivor of a shipwreck. Kerewin, a part-Maori painter living in self-exile, is drawn out of her isolation by a mute boy who is cast up on a beach, the only survivor of a shipwreck. Highlights Easy to enjoy: 546 pages · Paperback By Hulme, Keri Details ISBN: 9780330485418 Author: Hulme, Keri Format: Paperback Pages: 546 Language: English Publication date: 9 November 2001 Condition: Used – Very Good About the authors Hulme, Keri and Keri Hulme · Publisher: Pan Macmillan More about this book Reviews Winner of the Booker Prize in 1985, Keri Hulme's 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.