5/29/2023 0 Comments The lacuna book reviewThe first two-thirds moved slowly for me, even painfully at times. The book is told almost entirely through Shepherd's journal entries, a format which takes some adjustment and a whole lot of concentration. It's a hefty, thought-provoking, enlightening book, about as far from a quick beach read as you can get. And, I must add, each of these issues is examined in depth, not just mentioned and left behind. perception, homosexuality, and a writer's internal struggle. Toss in McCarthyism, agoraphobia, yellow journalism, truth vs. So we have three big issues in one sentence: identity, art, and politics. So, the story: Harrison Shepherd, known as Soli in the first tw0-thirds of the book, is a Mexican-American-or is he an American-Mexican?-who, as a teenager/young man, words for both Diego Rivera and his wife Frida Kahlo and for Leo Trotsky in Mexico. I trust Kingsolver enough to know that she is a master storyteller therefore, I am not connecting as a reader. I simply don't have the depth of intellect necessary for this book right now. Let me say right off the bat that I suspect that it's largely my fault as a reader. I want to be able to say, "I was mesmerized! I couldn't put it down!"īut I can't say that about The Lacuna. Oh boy, where to start? Reviewing a book by the likes of Barbara Kingsolver is daunting when I'm not, well, madly in love with the book.
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