The Lacuna

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 events.

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The Lacuna

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 events.

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The Lacuna

The Lacuna

by Barbara Kingsolver

Narrated by Barbara Kingsolver

Unabridged — 19 hours, 15 minutes

The Lacuna

The Lacuna

by Barbara Kingsolver

Narrated by Barbara Kingsolver

Unabridged — 19 hours, 15 minutes

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Overview

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 events.


Editorial Reviews

Kansas City Star

[Kingsolver] stirs the real with the imagined to produce a breathtakingly ambitious book, bold and rich…hopeful, political and artistic. The Lacuna fills a lacuna with powerfully imagined social history

People

[Kingsolver] hasn’t lost her touch...she delivers her signature blend of exotic locale, political backdrop and immediately engaging story line...teems with dark beauty.

New York Times Book Review

Breathtaking...dazzling...The Lacuna can be enjoyed sheerly for the music of its passages on nature, archaeology, food and friendship; or for its portraits of real and invented people...But the fuller value...lies in its call to conscience and connection.

Los Angeles Times

A lavishly gifted writer... Kingsolver [has a] wonderful ear for the quirks of human repartee. The Lacuna is richly spiked with period language... This book grabs at the heartstrings...

Washington Post

The most mature and ambitious [novel] she’s written…An absorbing portrayal of American life…A rich novel [with] a large, colorful canvas…A tender story about a thoughtful man.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Kingsolver deftly combines real history and the life of the fictional protagonist…A sweeping tale.

San Diego Union-Tribune

A sweeping narrative of utopian dreams and political reality…A stirring novel…intimate and pitch-perfect.

Seattle Times

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.

Philadelphia Inquirer

...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

Vogue

[Kingsolver’s] playful pastiche brings to vivid life the culture wars of an earlier era...

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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

Denver Post

A work that is often close to magic.... Much research underlies this complex weaving...but the work is lofted by lyric prose.

The New Yorker

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.

San Francisco Chronicle Book Review

Masterful…a reader receives the great gift of entering not one but several worlds…The final pages haunt me still.

Chicago Tribune

Rich…impassioned…engrossing…Politics and art dominate the novel, and their overt, unapologetic connection is refreshing.

People Magazine

"[Kingsolver] hasn’t lost her touch...she delivers her signature blend of exotic locale, political backdrop and immediately engaging story line...teems with dark beauty."

Product Details

BN ID: 2940173496799
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 11/15/2019
Edition description: Unabridged
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