Homeplaces: Three Coasts of the South Coast of New Zealand [Hardcover]

Keri Hulme (Author), Robin Morrison (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 12, 1989

A descriptive autobiography by Keri Hulme, winner of the Booker prize in 1985, of her "homeplaces". For Hulme, these are three places in her native New Zealand: Okarito, a former goldrush settlement on the West Coast; Moeraki, site of ancient habitations; and Stewart Island on the southernmost tip. Keri Hulme is also the author of "Bone People", which won the Booker Prize in 1985, and "The Windeater".

Product Details

• Hardcover: 132 pages
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd; First Edition edition (September 12, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340508310
• ISBN-13: 978-0340508312
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 9.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,323,166 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Magical writing on mystical places, June 15, 2003

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Brian M Harmer (Lower Hutt New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Homeplaces: Three Coasts of the South Coast of New Zealand (Hardcover)

Keri Hulme's extraordinarily vivid writing brings to life three wild and beautiful places in the South Island of New Zealand. Whether or not the reader has ever visited Okarito, Moeraki or Rakiura, the text makes them real, so that you can feel the surge of the wild West Coast surf, smell the kelp, see the grains of sand amidst the foam on the beach, and hear the chiming songs of the birds in the coastal forest. Robin Morrison's talented eye provides photographs that support the text in providing a glimpse into some of the quiet special places of the world.