What do Leon Trotsky, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera have to do with an invented author of Mayan and Incan historical romances? In this conversation, Barbara Kingsolver explores the gaps between biography, art and history that are central to her new novel, The Lacuna (Harper).
Barbara Kingsolver
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