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    Barbara Kingsolver

    The Lacuna (Harper) What do Leon Trotsky, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera have to do with an invented author of Mayan and Incan historical romances?

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    By Michael Silverblatt • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

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