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Geboren in den USA und aufgewachsen in verschiedenen Häusern in Mexiko, ist der junge Laufbursche Harrison Shepherd auf einer Odysee ohne Heimat. Sein Leben, das er zwischen Küchenarbeit und Besorgungen verbringt, wandelt sich, als er auf den berühmten Wandmaler Diego Rivera und die herrische Künstlerin Frieda Kahlo trifft. Er beginnt für den exilierten Politiker Lev Trotzky zu arbeiten und plötzlich bestimmen Kunst und Revolution, n und Gerüchte sowie drohende Gewalt sein Leben. Dann siedelt Harrison in die USA um - dem Land seiner Geburt - um dort sein politisches Wirken fortzusetzen... Barbara Kingsolvers vollkommenster Roman ist eine epische Reise vom Mexiko City der Künstler Diego und Kahlo hin zu den USA in den Zeiten von Pearl Harbour, Franklin D. Roosevelt und J. Edgar Hoover.
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Barbara Kingsolver wurde 1955 geboren und wuchs in Kentucky auf. Als Achtjährige nahmen ihre Eltern sie für ein Jahr mit in den Kongo. Sie studierte Biologie und arbeitete in verschiedenen Berufen, bevor sie zu schreiben begann. Heute lebt sie mit ihrer Familie im Südwesten des Bundesstaates Virginia.
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Harrison Shepherd ist Sohn einer mexikanischen Mutter und wird auf deren Jagd nach einem solventen Ehemann oder zumindest Gönner als lästiges Anhängsel mitgeschleppt. Er lernt, sich unsichtbar und/oder nützlich zu machen und führt trotz lückenhafter Schulbesuche schon früh ein Tagebuch. Immer auf der Suche nach Einnahmequellen gerät er in den Haushalt Kahlo/Rivera, wo er kocht, Gips für Wandgemälde mischt und Schreibarbeiten erledigt, auch dort nie als Person wahrgenommen. Nachdem Hausgast Leo Trotzki trotz starker Sicherheitsvorkehrungen vor seinen Augen von einem Agenten Stalins erschlagen wird, zerstreut sich der umfangreiche Haushalt, alle persönliche Habe wird beschlagnahmt (auch die Tagebücher) und Shepherd begleitet einen Transport von Kahlos Bildern in die USA. Dort veröffentlicht er zwei sehr erfolgreiche Romane aus der Geschichte Südamerikas, wird jedoch Ende der 40er Jahre vom "Committee on un-American Activities" durch seine Verbindung zu Kommunisten zur persona non grata erklärt, flieht vor der drohenden Verhaftung zurück nach Mexiko, wo er in genau der Unterwasserhöhle endgültig verschwindet, die er als Junge zu Anfang der Geschichte entdeckte.
Dies sind nur die Eckpunkte eines facettenreichen fiktiven Lebenslaufes, der dem Leser anhand (fiktiver) Tagebucheinträge und Briefe und anhand (nicht fiktiver) Zeitungsausschnitte von seiner (fiktiven) Sekretärin posthum präsentiert wird. Der Protagonist Harrison Shepherd ist ein introvertierter, zurückhaltender Charakter, der sich nur indirekt und auch nicht auf Anhieb erschliesst. Wenn man sich in den Stil seiner Tagebucheinträge eingelesen hat, üben sie jedoch durchaus einen eigenwilligen Reiz aus, da die geschilderten Beobachtungen nie banal und sehr konzis formuliert sind.
Man erfährt auch nebenbei sehr viel über die Schattenseiten der amerikanischen Geschichte, die vielleicht nicht jedem so geläufig sind (mir waren sie es nicht), viele Dinge sind dabei, die man schier nicht fassen kann und die doch offensichtlich stimmen.
So interessant und lehrreich und meist auch spannend die Lektüre ist - ein Roman ist dies eigentlich nicht, und schon gar kein gelungener. Ich bin ein Fan von Barbara Kingsolver, zuletzt habe ich Buch über ihr Jahr als Locavore mit Begeisterung verschlungen, aber hier lautet mein Fazit: ein durchaus lesenswertes Buch, aber kein gelungener Roman.
Dies sind nur die Eckpunkte eines facettenreichen fiktiven Lebenslaufes, der dem Leser anhand (fiktiver) Tagebucheinträge und Briefe und anhand (nicht fiktiver) Zeitungsausschnitte von seiner (fiktiven) Sekretärin posthum präsentiert wird. Der Protagonist Harrison Shepherd ist ein introvertierter, zurückhaltender Charakter, der sich nur indirekt und auch nicht auf Anhieb erschliesst. Wenn man sich in den Stil seiner Tagebucheinträge eingelesen hat, üben sie jedoch durchaus einen eigenwilligen Reiz aus, da die geschilderten Beobachtungen nie banal und sehr konzis formuliert sind.
Man erfährt auch nebenbei sehr viel über die Schattenseiten der amerikanischen Geschichte, die vielleicht nicht jedem so geläufig sind (mir waren sie es nicht), viele Dinge sind dabei, die man schier nicht fassen kann und die doch offensichtlich stimmen.
So interessant und lehrreich und meist auch spannend die Lektüre ist - ein Roman ist dies eigentlich nicht, und schon gar kein gelungener. Ich bin ein Fan von Barbara Kingsolver, zuletzt habe ich Buch über ihr Jahr als Locavore mit Begeisterung verschlungen, aber hier lautet mein Fazit: ein durchaus lesenswertes Buch, aber kein gelungener Roman.
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This is Literature with a capital L
28. Oktober 2009
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Plot Summary: In a story told entirely through diary entries and letters, we meet Harrison William Shepherd, a half-Mexican, half-American boy who grows up with his mother in Mexico. He has no education, but his love of reading and writing nurtures his own inner dialog that leads to his success as a writer. But that's getting ahead of the story. First he passes his adolescence working for some of Mexico's most infamous residents in the 1930s - Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, and Lev Trotsky. His break with Mexico is abrupt, and Shepherd moves to America where he embarks on a writing career with the assistance of his invaluable stenographer, Mrs. Violet Brown.
I've spent the past two days in close communion with this novel, and it has moved me deeply. It's not often that I abandon popular literature for the big fish, but Barbara Kingsolver is one of the few authors whose writing entertains me in all forms - novels, essays and non-fiction. I suppose I'm like a book groupie, following her whether she's spinning yarns in the Southwest, or matter of factly walking me through slaughter day when her chicken's days are numbered. Make no mistake, her latest effort is Literature with a capital L, and the story is so poignant it could make a stone weep in sympathy. And weep I did. Frequently.
When a novel covers a person's life, from the beginning to the end, it takes on an epic flavor by default. Harrison Shepherd's life could be considered epic even if it was condensed down to a three paragraph obituary. It's an extraordinary tale told during haunting times in both Mexico and the U.S. I regret that I don't know as much as I should about the history before, during, and after World War II, but I will use this novel as a crutch for my shoddy memory. This is history refracted through a miniscule lens; a tiny dot that represents the life of a boy who becomes a man.
It's a scary proposition trying to populate a work of fiction with famous dead people. I don't know if Ms. Kingsolver got it all right, although I don't doubt that her research was extensive, however it doesn't matter. She brought everyone back to life in full color, so bright and blinding it almost hurt my eyes. I will always carry around these portraits of Frida and Trotsky, along with Shepherd and Violet Brown. They are permanently inked onto my imagination.
I've spent the past two days in close communion with this novel, and it has moved me deeply. It's not often that I abandon popular literature for the big fish, but Barbara Kingsolver is one of the few authors whose writing entertains me in all forms - novels, essays and non-fiction. I suppose I'm like a book groupie, following her whether she's spinning yarns in the Southwest, or matter of factly walking me through slaughter day when her chicken's days are numbered. Make no mistake, her latest effort is Literature with a capital L, and the story is so poignant it could make a stone weep in sympathy. And weep I did. Frequently.
When a novel covers a person's life, from the beginning to the end, it takes on an epic flavor by default. Harrison Shepherd's life could be considered epic even if it was condensed down to a three paragraph obituary. It's an extraordinary tale told during haunting times in both Mexico and the U.S. I regret that I don't know as much as I should about the history before, during, and after World War II, but I will use this novel as a crutch for my shoddy memory. This is history refracted through a miniscule lens; a tiny dot that represents the life of a boy who becomes a man.
It's a scary proposition trying to populate a work of fiction with famous dead people. I don't know if Ms. Kingsolver got it all right, although I don't doubt that her research was extensive, however it doesn't matter. She brought everyone back to life in full color, so bright and blinding it almost hurt my eyes. I will always carry around these portraits of Frida and Trotsky, along with Shepherd and Violet Brown. They are permanently inked onto my imagination.
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The Crucial Missing Piece -" The Lacuna"
27. Oktober 2009
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Barbara Kingsolver has written a book of historical fiction that reads like a Frida Kahlo painting: allegory, poetry, beauty & pain. Kingsolver writes likes a great artist paints.
The story opens in 1929 and ends in 1951. Harrison William Shepherd (a fictional character) born in the US to a US father and a Mexican mother, is a child in Mexico. Since his parents are both disinterested in parenting, he makes his own way in life. First he is a cook/secretary in the household of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, then for Bolshevik/Marxist Revolutionary Leon Trotsky during his exile in Mexico. After Trotsky is assassinated, Shepherd is encouraged by Kahlo to move to the US where he finally becomes what he was meant to be; an author of historical fiction.
The backbone of the story is the Communist/Worker's Movement in Mexico & the US and Rivera, Kahlo & Trotsky's part in it. They provide the political dialogue for the relationship of US politics and art. Kingsolver imagines what it would have been like living in these households during this turbulent period. The story culminates with Shepherd being called before the US Committee on Un-American Activities. But the story is about so much more than politics and history.
If you are an admirer of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, reading this book will be like contemplating their art. The story mirrors the politics and history portrayed in Rivera's murals and the pain and beauty of Kahlo's paintings.
If you enjoy reading historical fiction, this is a beautifully written example.
Update: 6/10/10 Barbara Kingsolver was awarded the Orange Prize for Fiction for "The Lacuna". The Orange prize was started in 1996 to recognize female fiction writers around the world.
The story opens in 1929 and ends in 1951. Harrison William Shepherd (a fictional character) born in the US to a US father and a Mexican mother, is a child in Mexico. Since his parents are both disinterested in parenting, he makes his own way in life. First he is a cook/secretary in the household of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, then for Bolshevik/Marxist Revolutionary Leon Trotsky during his exile in Mexico. After Trotsky is assassinated, Shepherd is encouraged by Kahlo to move to the US where he finally becomes what he was meant to be; an author of historical fiction.
The backbone of the story is the Communist/Worker's Movement in Mexico & the US and Rivera, Kahlo & Trotsky's part in it. They provide the political dialogue for the relationship of US politics and art. Kingsolver imagines what it would have been like living in these households during this turbulent period. The story culminates with Shepherd being called before the US Committee on Un-American Activities. But the story is about so much more than politics and history.
If you are an admirer of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, reading this book will be like contemplating their art. The story mirrors the politics and history portrayed in Rivera's murals and the pain and beauty of Kahlo's paintings.
If you enjoy reading historical fiction, this is a beautifully written example.
Update: 6/10/10 Barbara Kingsolver was awarded the Orange Prize for Fiction for "The Lacuna". The Orange prize was started in 1996 to recognize female fiction writers around the world.
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A Life Well Lived
6. November 2009
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It is quite possible that "The Lacuna", Barbara Kingsolver's newest novel, surpasses her masterpiece "The Poisonwood Bible" and that is no small feat. Or perhaps surpass isn't the correct word for an author of Kingsolver's talent who can make the unlikeliest of stories and characters come to life. "The Lacuna" manages to weave together some of the early twentieth century's most pivotal events without demeaning them, offering fresh insight into some of the darkest moments of American history through the eyes of a genuine and likeable misfit.
"The Lacuna" is the memoir-of-sorts of Harrison Wiliam Shepherd, an author caught between two very different worlds. As a young boy, his Mexican mother drags him back to her native country as she pursues any wealthy man who is willing to take her on as a mistress. Years later, he is sent to live with his father, a man he does not even know, before returning to Mexico where he finds himself in the employ of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. His association with these two famous artists brings him in contact with Trotsky, on exile from Stalinist Russia, who continues Shepherd's odd education in the school of life experiences. When events turn sour in Mexico, Shepherd returns to the United States, fulfilling his dream of becoming a beloved author, only to have to confront his past and the words he has never said during the Red Scare of the 1950s. His story is told in his own words, his diary entries and letters, some too private to lay bare, and by the words of his secretary who takes it upon herself to compile his life's narrative.
The sheer amount of history that Kingsolver is able to plausibly mix into Shepherd's story is incredible, and all of it believable. "The Lacuna" is a beautiful story, one man's search to find a place he can call home and to be accepted and loved for the person that he is. Kingsolver's prose sparkles with the poetry of her descriptions and her uncanny ability to craft intricate narratives that unspool effortlessly in the reader's imagination. "The Lacuna" is unforgettable. Readers will feel that they have lived alongside Shepherd and that he also lived, not only on paper or through words.
"The Lacuna" is the memoir-of-sorts of Harrison Wiliam Shepherd, an author caught between two very different worlds. As a young boy, his Mexican mother drags him back to her native country as she pursues any wealthy man who is willing to take her on as a mistress. Years later, he is sent to live with his father, a man he does not even know, before returning to Mexico where he finds himself in the employ of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. His association with these two famous artists brings him in contact with Trotsky, on exile from Stalinist Russia, who continues Shepherd's odd education in the school of life experiences. When events turn sour in Mexico, Shepherd returns to the United States, fulfilling his dream of becoming a beloved author, only to have to confront his past and the words he has never said during the Red Scare of the 1950s. His story is told in his own words, his diary entries and letters, some too private to lay bare, and by the words of his secretary who takes it upon herself to compile his life's narrative.
The sheer amount of history that Kingsolver is able to plausibly mix into Shepherd's story is incredible, and all of it believable. "The Lacuna" is a beautiful story, one man's search to find a place he can call home and to be accepted and loved for the person that he is. Kingsolver's prose sparkles with the poetry of her descriptions and her uncanny ability to craft intricate narratives that unspool effortlessly in the reader's imagination. "The Lacuna" is unforgettable. Readers will feel that they have lived alongside Shepherd and that he also lived, not only on paper or through words.
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