Pulitzer-winning Novelist Barbara Kingsolver's Latest Book 'Partita'; A Family Drama of Immigrants in Norway

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After the sensational success of her last novel, Demon Copperhead , Barbara Kingsolver returns with a novel that draws on her past experience as a classical pianist. Partita tells the story of Livia, and exceptionally gifted pianist on a scholarship to an elite music conservatory. Her life is soon upended by a love affair that will change the course of her future, and her relationship to music, forever. Kingsolver discusses the novel, out today. Kingsolver will be speaking Wednesday, October 7 at Tarrytown Music Hall , and on October 28 at St. Ann's Church in Brooklyn with Amor Towles. Both events will feature live piano performances from pieces mentioned in the novel. In the new film "…