Barbara Kingsolver new novel Partita earns strong early critical praise

Barbara Kingsolver's 10th novel, Partita, published by Faber, has received strong critical praise from British reviewers, The Bookseller reported. The novel is her follow-up to Demon Copperhead. [1]

Writing in the Telegraph, Malcolm Forbes described the book as a measured and meditative novel as well as a captivating tale of longing, regret, and buried secrets. Forbes praised the prose as elegant and sumptuous. Writing in the Observer, Stephanie Merritt noted that the book belongs to a distinguished lineage of fiction exploring the unique power of music. [1]

Kingsolver is an American novelist, essayist, and poet whose work often addresses social justice, biodiversity, and human communities. She previously won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Demon Copperhead, as well as the Women's Prize for Fiction for her 2009 novel The Lacuna, and received the National Humanities Medal in 2000. [2][4]