The Lacuna

Kingsolver, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061927562 ISBN 13: 9780061927560

Publisher: HarperLuxe, 2009

Pub Date: 2009-11-03 Pages: 784 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins US En un deslumbrante relato de pasin. Trece Sentidos de Victor Villaseor contina la estipulante epopeya familiar que empez con el ampliamente reconocido bestseller Lluvia de Oro Trece Sentidos abre con. las bodas de oro del ya mayor Salvador y su elegante esposa. Lupe. Cuando un joven sacerdote le pide a Lupe que repita la sagrada frase ceremonial respetar y obedecer. Lupe se sorprende a s misma al contestar-No. no voy a decir obedecer! !! Cmo se atreve Ah. no Usted no me va a hablar as despus de cincuenta aos de matrimonio y sabiendo lo que s -!. As. la familia Villaseor se ve forzada a examinar el amor que Lupe y Salvador han compartido por tantos a os: un amor universal. entrable y sincero que eventualmente dar energa e inspiracin a la pareja en su vejez.

Product Description:

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.

Review:

"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."--Washington Post

"Masterful...a reader receives the great gift of entering not one but several worlds...The final pages haunt me still."--San Francisco Chronicle Book Review

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

"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"--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"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."--Seattle Times

"A sweeping narrative of utopian dreams and political reality...A stirring novel...intimate and pitch-perfect."--San Diego Union-Tribune

"Kingsolver deftly combines real history and the life of the fictional protagonist...A sweeping tale."--Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"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..."--Los Angeles Times

"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."--New York Times Book Review

"[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."--People