![]() ![]() ![]() He lives with his mother, Salome, an enthusiastic but not particularly successful gold digger on her boyfriend, Enrique’s hereditary hacienda which takes up most of the island. The novel’s main protagonist, Harrison Shepherd, is 13 years of age. It is possibly in the Gulf of Mexico, possibly, off the coast of the State of Tabasco. The Lacuna commences in 1929 on a fictional Mexican island called Isla Pixol. Her wonderful article written in the wake of Trump’s election victory is an example of that excellent pandering. ![]() Some authors, without ever having met me, know how to pander to all my prejudices. ![]() So, with a respectable semblance of hesitation, I took L.’s advice. This was a book about Mexico and I would love it, she said. I was busily reading as much of Mexican literature, travel writing and history as I could in the gaps of an otherwise demanding life. for Christmas in 2009.Īs it turned out, I read a completely different copy, years later. I had in fact given a copy of The Lacuna to D. The Poisonwood Bible had been very popular in, and received encouraging reviews from, Ladies Literary Societies close to me without ever quite piquing enough of my interest to make me invest the time to read it. Publisher: Griffin Press (Australian edition)īarbara Kingsolver is, of course, a very accomplished writer of fiction and non-fiction. ![]()
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