Author event with Barbara Kingsolver
About this Event
Parnassus Books, Vanderbilt University Libraries, and Southern Festival of Books are please to present an evening with Barbara Kingsolver for her new book, Partita, in conversation with Ann Patchett. Special guest, Amy Dorfman, will be performing on the piano as part of this exciting evening.
This is a ticketed event and will take place at on Sunday, October 11th at 6:30 p.m. CT, in Langford Auditorium on the Vanderbilt Campus. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m.
Ticketing:
You must have a ticket to attend this event.
Each ticket is $35.25, and includes one general admission seat and a copy of Partita. Please note that all books will be UNSIGNED, and there will NOT be a signing line following this event.
Parking:
You may park in the 25th Ave. garage, which you can enter via 24th Ave. The address of the garage is 1404 25th Ave. S. 37212. Parking is available on levels 3 - 10.
MAP -- https://parnassusbooks.net/sites/default/files/2025-/25th%20Ave%20Garage%20.pdf
We always encourage ride share options.
Please note Parnassus cannot control pricing or validate parking for Vanderbilt lots. Other campus events can affect pricing. For questions or concerns, contact the VUMC Parking Permit Office at
615-936-1215.
About the book:
The story of a brief, passionate, life-changing love affair, wrapped up in what might be the greatest romance of all: our eternal human longing for art and beauty.
Livia Cable has made her peace with her marriage and modest livelihood in the farm country where she grew up, until a shocking phone call from an old lover shakes her to the core. Decades earlier, this man knew her as Livia Bohusz, a music conservatory student estranged from her home and family, uncertain of anything except her passion for music and promise as an extraordinary pianist. His request, now, to see her again stirs up ghosts she's kept at bay for a lifetime.
Shifting between past and present, Livia's decision to meet or reject the reunion means confronting step by step, in memories framed as musical dances, the experiences of childhood loss, abandonment, self-immolating passion, and perilous attachment to a man who broke her belief in love and ruptured the course of her life.
With razor-sharp acuity and deep affection, Pulitzer Prize winner Barbara Kingsolver's unforgettable new novel reflects on class barriers, the risks of ambition, and the timeless power of art and how it can transform a life.
About the author:
Barbara Kingsolver is the author of ten bestselling works of fiction, including the novels Unsheltered, The Bean Trees, and The Poisonwood Bible, as well as books of poetry, essays, creative nonfiction, and Coyote's Wild Home, a children's book co-authored with Lily Kingsolver. She also collaborated with family members on the influential Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life. Kingsolver's work has been translated into more than thirty languages and has earned a devoted readership at home and abroad. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and has received numerous awards and honors including the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel, Demon Copperhead, the National Humanities Medal, and most recently, the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. She lives with her husband on a farm in southern Appalachia.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 39.45
