Partita

by Barbara Kingsolver

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Reception

2026
Financial Times
Reviewed, 1 October
2026
Literary Review
Reviewed by Maria Margaronis, 1 October

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Financial Times · 1 October 2026

Partita — Barbara Kingsolver’s virtuoso novel of loss, social class and music

A dazzling follow-up to ‘Demon Copperhead’ plunges us into the grief, yearning and disappointments of a once-promising pianist in rural Tennessee

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Literary Review · 1 October 2026

Hot-Tempered Clavier

By Maria Margaronis

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About the author

Barbara Kingsolver, born 1955, United States.

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Catalogue record

Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand

Publisher: Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand
ISBN: 978-0-571-40472-8

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Publisher: Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand
ISBN: 978-0-571-40472-8
Author: Kingsolver, Barbara, 1955–
Statement: Partita / Barbara Kingsolver.
Records: Open Library