#thelacuna

Finished! I went into this one pretty blind on Kingsolver's name alone, and it was pretty good! Probably not my fave of hers so far, Harrison Shepherd is a bit too passive of a main character for my tastes, and while I found the parts taking place in Mexico absolutely captivating, the ending felt a little hurried and rushed and not handled with near as much care and passion. I liked a lot of what it was doing, even if it wasn't anywhere near the powerhouse The Poisonwood Bible is. #reading #bibliophile #books #thelacuna #barbarakingsolver https://www.instagram.com/p/CWyJWvPlWk-/?utm_medium=tumblr

Barbara Kingsolver's The Lacuna

Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna

Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna 

The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver

For forty-three years of my thinking life I have been a revolutionary; for forty-three of those years I fought under the banner of Marxism. If I had to start all over again, I would of course try to avoid this or that error, but the general course of my life would remain unchanged. I will die a proletarian revolutionist. My faith in the communist future of mankind is firmer today than it was in the days of my youth. Natalya has just some up from the courtyard and opened my window so the air may come in. I can see a wide strip of green grass along the wall, the pale blue sky above and sunlight on everything. Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression and violence, and enjoy it to the full. The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna

The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver