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Like new: A book that looks new but has been read. Cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket ...
Intended Audience
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ISBN
9780060852573

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060852577
ISBN-13
9780060852573
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72381884

Product Key Features

Book Title
Lacuna : a Novel
Number of Pages
528 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Literary, Political, Biographical, Historical
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Fiction
Author
Barbara Kingsolver
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
29.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2009-033697
Reviews
Kingsolver deftly combines real history and the life of the fictional protagonist.A sweeping tale., 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, 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., 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., Masterful...a reader receives the great gift of entering not one but several worlds...The final pages haunt me still., 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., 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..., 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., Rich.impassioned.engrossing.Politics and art dominate the novel, and their overt, unapologetic connection is refreshing., 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., The novel achieves a rare dramatic power...Kingsolver masterfully resurrects a dark period in American history with the assured hand of a true literary artist., A work that is often close to magic.... Much research underlies this complex weaving...but the work is lofted by lyric prose., ...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 , Kingsolver deftly combines real history and the life of the fictional protagonist...A sweeping tale., 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., 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., 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., [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|9780060852573|, Rich…impassioned…engrossing…Politics and art dominate the novel, and their overt, unapologetic connection is refreshing., A sweeping narrative of utopian dreams and political reality…A stirring novel…intimate and pitch-perfect., Kingsolver deftly combines real history and the life of the fictional protagonist…A sweeping tale., A sweeping narrative of utopian dreams and political reality...A stirring novel...intimate and pitch-perfect., Rich...impassioned...engrossing...Politics and art dominate the novel, and their overt, unapologetic connection is refreshing., [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|9780060852573|, "Rich...impassioned...engrossing...Politics and art dominate the novel, and their overt, unapologetic connection is refreshing." -- Chicago Tribune "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 "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." -- The New Yorker "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 "[Kingsolver's] playful pastiche brings to vivid life the culture wars of an earlier era..." -- Vogue "...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 " -- Philadelphia Inquirer "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 "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 "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 "The novel achieves a rare dramatic power...Kingsolver masterfully resurrects a dark period in American history with the assured hand of a true literary artist." -- Publishers Weekly (starred 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 "[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 -- Kansas City Star, Masterful.a reader receives the great gift of entering not one but several worlds.The final pages haunt me still., A sweeping narrative of utopian dreams and political reality.A stirring novel.intimate and pitch-perfect., [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., 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., 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., [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|9780060852573|, 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., Masterful…a reader receives the great gift of entering not one but several worlds…The final pages haunt me still.
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Dewey Edition
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Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
New York Times Bestseller National Bestseller: Washington Post, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle (#1), Chicago Tribune (#1), Denver Post (#1), Minneapolis Star-Tribune (#1), Publishers Weekly Indie Next Bestseller (#1) Best Book of the Year: New York Times Notable, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, Kansas City Star Prize-winning Author: National Humanities Medal, Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Orange Prize for Fiction, Dayton Literary Peace Prize (Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award) 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., 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., New York Times Bestseller National Bestseller: Washington Post, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle (#1), Chicago Tribune (#1), Denver Post (#1), Minneapolis Star-Tribune (#1), Publishers Weekly Indie Next Bestseller (#1) Best Book of the Year: New York Times Notable, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, Kansas City Star Prize-winning Author: National Humanities Medal, Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Orange Prize for Fiction, Dayton Literary Peace Prize (Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award) 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.
LC Classification Number
PS3561.I496L33 2009

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  • One of the best books I've ever read.

    The plot of the book was great and the historical facts were compelling and accurate. I could hardly put the book down.

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  • The Lacuna

    This is one of my favourite Kingsolver books. Much of historical interest and a very good story! I bought it for my granddaughter for Christmas.

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  • Good book but no dust jacket

    Book picture shows the dust jacket but the book arrived without the dust jacket.

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