The Lacuna
Author of Demon Copperhead, Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction
$27.82
- Paperback
688 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2010
Summary
‘Lush.’ Sunday Times ‘Superb.’ Daily Mail ‘Elegantly written.’ Telegraph
This is the heartbreaking story of a man torn between the warm heart of Mexico and the cold embrace of 1950s America in the shadow of Senator McCarthy.
Born in America and raised in Mexico, Harrison Shepherd starts work in the household of Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo – where the Bolshevik leader, Lev Trotsky, is also being harboured as a …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780571252671 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0571252672 |
| Author: | Barbara Kingsolver |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Imprint: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 688 |
| Edition: | Main |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2010 |
| Weight: | 547g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 126mm x 41mm |
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‘Barbara Kingsolver is one of my favourite writers. The Lacuna is a fasci-nating, compelling book which opens up an extraordinary world for the reader.’ Kate Atkinson’[Kingsolver] delivers her signature blend of exotic locale, political back-drop and immediately engaging story line … it teems with dark beauty.’ People
About The Author
Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver is one of the most important voices of our time. Her previous fourteen works of fiction and non-fiction have been translated into dozens of languages and earned a devoted readership. She won the Orange Prize in 2010 for The Lacuna and her novel Flight Behaviour was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. In 2000 she was awarded the National Humanities Medal, her country’s highest honour for service through the arts. Before she made her living as a writer, Kingsolver earned degrees in biology and worked as a scientist. She now lives with her family on a farm in southern Appalachia.
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