In The Lacuna, her first novel in nine years, Barbara Kingsolver, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Poisonwood Bible and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, 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 … the twentieth century’s most tumultuous events.
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A fascinating tale that has some very interesting Mexican and American history as it’s background. Real events and real people (Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, Leon Trotsky, General Macarthur, among others. I loved this book.
Disappointing for a Kingsolver fan. Confusing flashbacks and weak characters. Didn’t finish though. It could have turned around.
Loved this story. Kingsolver did it again!
I read this novel for our book club several years ago, so I am relying on long term memory to help me write this review. The story line was unusual and compelling, the writing was excellent and expanded my knowledge of words [for instance lacuna, right off the bat]. It is definitely worth reading.
An intriguing, unusual story, full of the unique twists that mark the life and fate of the story’s protagonist. Emerging from a unique and fragmented childhood, he is propelled into adult life equally filled with color, passion, and intrigue. Although fully engaged as a participant, he also manages to maintain a philosophical distance as an …
Fantastic characters and thought provoking.
This is a good book club discussion book.
This is possibly my least favorite Kingsolver book, but as fr as I can tell she hasn’t written anything that wasn’t worth the read, and this is no exception.
Not one of my favorites of hers. Forgettable
I really appreciate B. Kingsolver’s ability to blend history within a book of fiction.
One of my favorite books.
Beautifully written.
absolutely wonderful book.
Beautiful writing.
Great story
One of my most favorite books of all time
Fiction yetI learned a lot and enjoyed it entirely. Barbara Kingsolver is great with words and character development. A time in history I didn’t know a lot about, at least from this perspective and these places.
The Lacuna is one of those books that still haunts me (in a good way), years later. It is one of my top 5 books. Rare is the book that will change the way you think about life. The Lacuna did that for me.
Possibly one of my favorite novels ever, I have re-read it and look forward to doing so again some day. The story is interesting, the characters compelling, but it is the powerful beauty of the language and the author’s adept “world building” that have stayed with me since I last read this book. It can be the lacuna–what is left out–that tell …
I love this author!