<p> In this powerfully imagined, provocative novel, Barbara Kingsolver takes us on an epic journey from the Mexico of artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo to the America of Pearl Harbor, FDR, and J. Edgar Hoover. <i>The Lacuna</i> is the poignant story of a man pulled between two nations as well as an unforgettable portrait of the artist&#151;and of art itself. </p>