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Arts & CultureThursday, November 12

November Book Club - The Bone People @ TBD

Thursday, November 12 · 7:30-9 p.m. · 11111

7:30-9 p.m.
When
  • Thursday, November 12 · 7:30-9 p.m.
Where
11111Portland, OR · 97201

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Come read & drink with us!

For November, we are reading The Bone People by Keri Hulme.

"In a tower on the New Zealand sea lives Kerewin Holmes: part Maori, part European, asexual and aromantic, an artist estranged from her art, a woman in exile from her family. One night her solitude is disrupted by a visitor--a speechless, mercurial boy named Simon, who tries to steal from her and then repays her with his most precious possession. As Kerewin succumbs to Simon's feral charm, she also falls under the spell of his Maori foster father Joe, who rescued the boy from a shipwreck and now treats him with an unsettling mixture of tenderness and brutality. Out of this unorthodox trinity Keri Hulme has created what is at once a mystery, a love story, and an ambitious exploration of the zone where indigenous and European New Zealand meet, clash, and sometimes merge."

As a reminder, this meetup's intentions are to be out and about in the city, exploring new places for drinks and discussions about books. Will post a location ASAP. Taking recommendations for locations if you have one in mind!

The Bone People (Goodreads) The Bone People (Storygraph)

From Dead Authors Book Club

Listed by Meetup: Portland, OR, gathered by the Oregon City events calendar.