
The Lacuna: A Novel
December 9th, 2009 admin
Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com – The Lacuna: A Novel, Written by Barbara Kingsolver The Lacuna is an emotional story of a man pulled between two nations as they invent their modern identities. Harrison
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The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver , which won the Orange Prize earlier this year, is now available in paperback. The Lacuna follows the life of Harrison Shepherd, a boy with an American father and Mexican mother who grows up in both countries, from 1929 – 1951. Although The Lacuna is presented as Shepherd’s diaries and letters, he is not...

Barbara Kingsolver has won the Orange Prize for Fiction for The Lacuna . The Orange Prize carries a 30,000 UK pound award (about US$48,000) award, and winners receive a bronze figurine nicknamed the “Bessie.” According to Daisy Goodwin, chair of judges, The Lacuna was chosen for its “breathtaking scale and shattering moments of poignancy”
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The shortlist for the 2010 Orange Prize for fiction has been announced. The winner will be announced June 9 in London. Finalists are: Rosie Alison, The Very Thought of You Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna Attica Locke, Black Water Rising Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall Lorrie Moore A Gate at the Stairs Monique Roffey The White Woman on the Green Bicycle
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Sherman Alexie’s War Dances (Grove Press) has been selected as the winner of the 2010 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The PEN/Faulkner Award is America’s largest peer-juried prize for fiction in the United States. As winner, Alexie wins $15,000. Each of the four finalists–Barbara Kingsolver for The Lacuna , Lorraine M. Lopez for...

Book Quote: “Memories do not always soften with time; some grow edges like knives.” Book Review: Review by Lynn Harnett (DEC 10, 2009) Harrison Shepherd’s odyssey through three tumultuous decades of the 20th century begins in a lonely boyhood between two worlds – America and Mexico. It continues through the Depression and World War II,...
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