Chamberlin Free Public Library Catalog

The lacuna :

Kingsolver, Barbara.

The lacuna : a novel / - 1st ed. - New York : Harper, 2009. - x, 507 p. ; 24 cm.

"The story of Harrison William Shepherd, a man caught between two worlds -- Mexico and the United States in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s -- and whose search for identity takes readers to the heart of the twentieth century's most tumultuous events"--Provided by publisher.

Shortlist title -International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2011

9780060852573 0060852577

2009033697


Americans--Mexico--Fiction.
Identity (Psychology)--Fiction.
Subversive activities--Fiction.


Mexico--History--1910-1946--Fiction.
North Carolina--History--20th century--Fiction.


Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Epistolary fiction.

PS3561.I496 / L33 2009

813/.54