The Lacuna
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The Lacuna Description
From Pulitzer Prize nominee and award winning author of Homeland, The Poisonwood Bible and Flight Behaviour, The Lacuna 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 is a liability to his social-climbing flapper mother, Salome. When he 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 political exile - he inadvertently casts his lot with art, communism and revolution. A compulsive diarist, he records and relates his colourful experiences of life with Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and Trotsky in the midst of the Mexican revolution. A violent upheaval sends him back to America; but political winds continue to throw him between north and south, in a plot that turns many times on the unspeakable breach - the lacuna - between truth and public presumption.Details
| OPC | P6FC2R |
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| Codes | 0571252672 (ISBN-10) |
| 9780571252671 (ISBN) | |
| Rank | #28 Modern & Contemporary Fiction Books |
| #43 General Fiction Books | |
| #316 Fiction Books |
Detailed Product Information
| Release Date | 22/04/2010 |
|---|---|
| Book Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Author | Barbara Kingsolver |
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The Lacuna is the heartbreaking story of a man torn beween the warm heart of Mexico and the cold embrace of 1950s McCarthyite America.Born in the U.S. and reared in Mexico, Harrison Shepherd is a liability to his social-climbing flapper mother, Salome. Making himself useful in the household of the famed Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, and exiled Bolshevik leader Lev Trotsky, he is an inadvertent witness to their revolutionary talk. Years later, Shepherd has become an international star - a novelist. His fame brings the unwanted attentions of the American authorities and Shepherd's attempts at anonymity are futile as he is drawn into a conflict of historic proportions.A gripping story of identity, loyalty and the devastating power of accusations to destroy innocent people. The Lacuna is as deep and rich as the New World.
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- Allen & Unwin The Lacuna book Literary fiction English Paperback 688 pages
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| Language version | English |
|---|---|
| Genre | Literary fiction |
| Release date (DD/MM/YYYY) | September 2010 |
| Number of pages | 688 pages |
| Written by | Barbara Kingsolver |
| Publisher | Faber |
| Suggested gender | Any gender |
| Book cover type | Paperback |
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