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The Lacuna - by Barbara Kingsolver (Paperback)

The Lacuna - by  Barbara Kingsolver (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In her first novel in nine years, "New York Times"-bestselling author Kingsolver tells the story of Harrison William Shepherd, an unforgettable protagonist whose search for identity takes readers to the heart of the 20th century's most tumultuous events.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>New York Times Bestseller</strong></p><p><strong>National Bestseller: Washington Post, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle (#1), Chicago Tribune (#1), Denver Post (#1), Minneapolis Star-Tribune (#1), Publishers Weekly</strong></p><p><strong>Indie Next Bestseller (#1)</strong></p><p><strong>Best Book of the Year: New York Times Notable, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, Kansas City Star</strong></p><p><strong>Prize-winning Author: National Humanities Medal, Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Orange Prize for Fiction, Dayton Literary Peace Prize (Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award)</strong></p><p>In <em>The Lacuna</em>, her first novel in nine years, Barbara Kingsolver, the acclaimed <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>The Poisonwood Bible</em> and <em>Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life</em>, tells the story of Harrison William Shepherd, a man caught between two worlds--an unforgettable protagonist whose search for identity will take readers to the heart of the twentieth century's most tumultuous events.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>In this powerfully imagined, provocative novel, Barbara Kingsolver takes us on an epic journey from the Mexico of artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo to the America of Pearl Harbor, FDR, and J. Edgar Hoover. <em>The Lacuna</em> is the poignant story of a man pulled between two nations as well as an unforgettable portrait of the artist--and of art itself.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"...True and riveting...Barbara Kingsolver has invented a wondrous filling here, sweeter and thicker than pan dulce, spicy as the hottest Mexican chiles, paranoid as the American government hunting Communists "--<em><strong>Philadelphia Inquirer</strong></em><br><br>"[Kingsolver's] playful pastiche brings to vivid life the culture wars of an earlier era..."--<strong><em>Vogue</em></strong><br><br>"A sweeping mural of sensory delights and stimulating ideas about art, government, identity and history...Readers will feel the sting of connection between then and now."--<strong><em>Seattle Times</em></strong><br><br>"A sweeping narrative of utopian dreams and political reality...A stirring novel...intimate and pitch-perfect."--<em><strong>San Diego Union-Tribune</strong></em><br><br>"A work that is often close to magic.... Much research underlies this complex weaving...but the work is lofted by lyric prose."--<strong><em>Denver Post</em></strong><br><br>"Compelling...Kingsolver's descriptions of life in Mexico City burst with sensory detail--thick sweet breads, vividly painted walls, the lovely white feet of an unattainable love."--<strong><em>The New Yorker</em></strong><br><br>"Kingsolver deftly combines real history and the life of the fictional protagonist...A sweeping tale."--<em><strong>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</strong></em><br><br>"Masterful...a reader receives the great gift of entering not one but several worlds...The final pages haunt me still."--<strong><em>San Francisco Chronicle Book Review</em></strong><br><br>"Rich...impassioned...engrossing...Politics and art dominate the novel, and their overt, unapologetic connection is refreshing."--<em><strong>Chicago Tribune</strong></em><br><br>"Shepherd's story in Kingsolver's accomplished literary hands is so seductive, the prose so elegant, the architecture of the novel so imaginative, it becomes hard to peel away from the book"--<em><strong>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</strong></em><br>

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