My cover was NOT the same! This is the American cover (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QVR9M4iNQZw/TJaED30VXaI/AAAAAAAAACI/OELp9olV0AI/s320/the_lacuna_g8jp.jpg). I like it well enough--the primitive style seems appropriate--but your cover really is gorgeous!
Have you read The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins? That was the first thing that leapt to mind when you mentioned loving stories that are told through a variety of sources. You may enjoy it, if you haven't read it already.
I hadn't heard Kingsolver's comment about Frida before--very interesting. There's a certain bravado in turning such a well known figure into a fictional character, so it's intriguing to think that Kingsolver's didn't plan to do it from the beginning. Would have been quite a different book without Kahlo's presence!
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Date: 2011-01-20 01:31 pm (UTC)Have you read The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins? That was the first thing that leapt to mind when you mentioned loving stories that are told through a variety of sources. You may enjoy it, if you haven't read it already.
I hadn't heard Kingsolver's comment about Frida before--very interesting. There's a certain bravado in turning such a well known figure into a fictional character, so it's intriguing to think that Kingsolver's didn't plan to do it from the beginning. Would have been quite a different book without Kahlo's presence!