Our protagonist is Harrison William Shepherd, a man whose life is divided between a period spent in Mexico and, later, life in the U.S. By focusing on the way a completely unexceptional human perceives the large forces unfolding around him, Kingsolver dives into the difference between personal memories and publically significant events, asking who owns the story that is lived by both the famous and the ordinary. Published in 2009, The Lacuna offers readers a glimpse into the mid-twentieth century from the perspective of a bit player – a bystander – whose ordinary experiences serendipitously intersect with the lives of major historical figures. American author Barbara Kingsolver’s sixth novel, The Lacuna, offers a version of historical fiction that combines fictional found primary sources with real historical events.
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