PARTITA - THE HEARTRENDING NEW NOVEL FROM BARBARA KINGSOLVER - COMING OCTOBER 2026



FROM THE WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION

TWICE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION

THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR



'Lush.' SUNDAY TIMES

'Superb.' DAILY MAIL

'Elegantly written.' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH





Born in America and raised in Mexico, Harrison Shepherd starts work in the household of Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. A compulsive diarist, he records and relates his colourful experiences of life in the midst of the Mexican revolution, but political winds toss him between north and south.





The Lacuna is the heartbreaking story of a man torn between the warm heart of Mexico and the cold embrace of 1950s America in the shadow of Senator McCarthy. It is both a portrait of the artist-and of art itself.





Readers loved The Lacuna:

'My new favourite book . . . it gets under your skin.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐



'An amazing tale. You must read it!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐



'One of those books that you don't want to end and which stays with you.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐



'Brilliant. You will never forget this book.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐



Barbara Kingsolver is the global prize-winning and bestselling author of novels including Unsheltered, Flight Behaviour, The Lacuna and The Poisonwood Bible as well as books of poetry, essays and creative non-fiction. Kingsolver's work has been translated into more than thirty languages and has earned literary awards and a devoted readership at home and abroad. Demon Copperhead won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction and for the James Tait Black Prize, and won the Women's Prize, making Kingsolver the first author to win the Prize twice. Barbara lives with her family on a farm in southern Appalachia.