Informationen zum Autor Barbara Kingsolver is the global prize-winning and bestselling author of novels including Unsheltered, Flight Behaviour, The Lacuna, The Poisonwood Bible and Demon Copperhead , as well as books of poetry, essays and creative non-fiction. Her work of narrative non-fiction is the influential bestseller Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life. Kingsolver's work has been translated into more than thirty languages and has earned literary awards and a devoted readership at home and abroad. She has won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction and is the first author to win the Women's Prize twice. Barbara lives with her family on a farm in southern Appalachia. Klappentext FROM THE WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION TWICE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR ''Lush.'' SUNDAY TIMES ''Superb.'' DAILY MAIL ''Elegantly written.'' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Born in America and raised in Mexico, Harrison Shepherd starts work in the household of Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. A compulsive diarist, he records and relates his colourful experiences of life in the midst of the Mexican revolution, but political winds toss him between north and south. The Lacuna is the heartbreaking story of a man torn between the warm heart of Mexico and the cold embrace of 1950s America in the shadow of Senator McCarthy. It is both a portrait of the artist-and of art itself. Readers loved The Lacuna : ''My new favourite book . . . it gets under your skin.'' ????? ''An amazing tale. You must read it!'' ????? ''One of those books that you don''t want to end and which stays with you.'' ????? ''Brilliant. You will never forget this book.'' ????? Vorwort The Women's Prize-winning novel, The Lacuna, from Barbara Kingsolver, the global bestselling author of The Poisonwood Bible . Zusammenfassung Tells the heartbreaking story of a man torn between the warm heart of Mexico and the cold embrace of 1950s America in the shadow of Senator McCarthy....

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The Women's Prize-winning novel, The Lacuna, from Barbara Kingsolver, the global bestselling author of The Poisonwood Bible.

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Barbara Kingsolver is the global prize-winning and bestselling author of novels including Unsheltered, Flight Behaviour, The Lacuna, The Poisonwood Bible and Demon Copperhead, as well as books of poetry, essays and creative non-fiction. Her work of narrative non-fiction is the influential bestseller Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life. Kingsolver's work has been translated into more than thirty languages and has earned literary awards and a devoted readership at home and abroad. She has won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction and is the first author to win the Women's Prize twice. Barbara lives with her family on a farm in southern Appalachia.

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FROM THE WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION
TWICE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR

''Lush.'' SUNDAY TIMES
**''Superb.'' DAILY MAIL
''Elegantly written.'' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH**

Born in America and raised in Mexico, Harrison Shepherd starts work in the household of Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. A compulsive diarist, he records and relates his colourful experiences of life in the midst of the Mexican revolution, but political winds toss him between north and south.

The Lacuna is the heartbreaking story of a man torn between the warm heart of Mexico and the cold embrace of 1950s America in the shadow of Senator McCarthy. It is both a portrait of the artist-and of art itself.

Readers loved The Lacuna:
''My new favourite book . . . it gets under your skin.'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
''An amazing tale. You must read it!'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
''One of those books that you don''t want to end and which stays with you.'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
''Brilliant. You will never forget this book.'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Zusammenfassung
Tells the heartbreaking story of a man torn between the warm heart of Mexico and the cold embrace of 1950s America in the shadow of Senator McCarthy.