{"product_id":"the-lacuna-a-novel-isbn-9780060853563","title":"The Lacuna: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Lacuna\u003c\/em\u003e, her first novel in nine years, Barbara Kingsolver, the acclaimed \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Poisonwood Bible\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Mexico City of Frida Kahlo to the America of J. Edgar Hoover, \u003cem\u003eThe Lacuna\u003c\/em\u003e tells the poignant story of a man pulled between two nations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in the United States, but reared in Mexico, Harrison Shepherd finds precarious shelter but no sense of home on his thrilling odyssey. Life is whatever he learns from housekeepers and, one fateful day, by mixing plaster for famed muralist Diego Rivera. When he goes to work for Rivera, his wife, exotic artist Kahlo, and exiled leader Lev Trotsky, Shepherd inadvertently casts his lot with art and revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, the United States has embraced the internationalist goodwill of World War II. Back in the land of his birth, Shepherd seeks to remake himself in America’s hopeful image and claim a voice of his own. But political winds continue to toss him between north and south in a plot that turns many times on the unspeakable breach—the lacuna—between truth and public presumption. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Kingsolver narrates with the passion of an extraordinary storyteller. She adds an extra dimension with her command of the idiomatic Spanish she uses extensively in the text.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAudioFile Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888593662181,"sku":"NP9780060853563","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780060853563.jpg?v=1730229405","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-lacuna-a-novel-isbn-9780060853563","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}