![]() ![]() The story, even though fictional, is filled with historical figures which some of them, like Trotsky, were a bit over romanticized nevertheless “The Lacuna” is well researched, ambitious and well written. One of the characters in the book astutely observers: people only know that they are anticommunists without knowing what communism really is or even supporting its principals. As I learned from working years with marketing people (as an IT person) the truth is meaningless, all people know is the truth they perceive. ![]() ![]() Lacuna means the space between two objects, the space between the water and the top of a cave or the space between what is true and the perception of truth. The most mature and ambitious novel shes written.An absorbing portrayal of American. Throughout the book the reader gets a chance to examine the American political psyche of the time, going with Sheppard through the events which tarnished his life and reputation, taking events and actions out of context and putting them on a public stage during the 1950’s witch hunt orchestrated by the infamous Senator McCarthy. She lives with her family on a farm in southern Appalachia. “The Lacuna” touches on many subjects, Sheppard – half American half Mexican – who speaks English with a slight accent and Spanish / Mexican with a slight accent as well, is the constant foreigner– never at home and never at peace. ![]()
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