Author Barbara Kingsolver wins Orange Pr – Miss Si 6月 14, 2010 No Comments
The narrative crosses between Mexico and the United States and comes to the reader in the form of memoirs, letters and press cuttings kept by Shepherd's stenographer despite his wish that they be burned.
The Independent newspaper's reviewer said The Lacuna was "the first book in a long time that made me swap my bike for public transport, just so I could keep reading."
The Orange Prize has been criticized for honoring only women, but many figures in the