The lacuna

a novel

507 pages

English language

Published Nov. 10, 2009 by Harper.

ISBN:
978-0-06-085257-3
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OCLC Number:
313656952

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2 stars (2 reviews)

"The story of Harrison William Shepherd, a man caught between two worlds -- Mexico and the United States in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s -- and whose search for identity takes readers to the heart of the twentieth century's most tumultuous events"--Provided by publisher.

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3 stars

I love Kingsolver, but I found this book a bit of a slog at times. It might be because I started "reading" it as an audio book on a short trip, but heard only the first few chapters. A few months later I picked it up at my favourite used book store and tried to pick up where I'd left off in the summer, but I had lost the thread. So, I started over this summer but had trouble really getting into it.

I didn't find the characters or the situations particularly compelling. I should have, as the story deals with some major historical figures and events, as well as some important social issues, from the point of view of someone who is involved but in a somewhat peripheral way. Perhaps therein lies the problem. The story comes to us through the journals of this bystander and he is not …

Subjects

  • Americans -- Mexico -- Fiction
  • Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction
  • Subversive activities -- Fiction
  • Mexico -- History -- 1910-1946 -- Fiction
  • North Carolina -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction