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A review by kduhy
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Kingsolver has managed to mix fictional characters with real people and events to produce a rich, cautionary tale about the past.
Told through journal entries, newspaper cuttings, letters, reviews and transcripts we follow the life of Shepherd a Mexican/American gay man as he travels to Mexico City in the 30's, Frida Kahlo and Trotsky in refuge from Stalin's Russia to America in the 40's and 50's of J. Edgar Hoover and McCarthyism. Wonderful characters especially Mrs Brown Shepherds assistant.
Themes; art, politics, truths and misinformation, history of Mexico, social history, being gay, The Lacuna what is known and unknown, hope and hopelessness.
Told through journal entries, newspaper cuttings, letters, reviews and transcripts we follow the life of Shepherd a Mexican/American gay man as he travels to Mexico City in the 30's, Frida Kahlo and Trotsky in refuge from Stalin's Russia to America in the 40's and 50's of J. Edgar Hoover and McCarthyism. Wonderful characters especially Mrs Brown Shepherds assistant.
Themes; art, politics, truths and misinformation, history of Mexico, social history, being gay, The Lacuna what is known and unknown, hope and hopelessness.