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Sarabande & Prelude IV

In the new novel from Pulitzer Prize-winner Barbara Kingsolver, Livia remembers the relationship that strained her commitment to music as a young prodigy. Read by Laurel Lefkow.

A novel of love, longing and community from Pulitzer and Women's Prize-winning author Barbara Kingsolver.

Sarabande & Prelude IV: Livia remembers the relationship that strained her commitment to music as a young prodigy.

"We had no inclination or even the time to ask, what are we doing here? What good is music?"

Read by Laurel Lefkow
Abridged by Rosemary Goring
Produced by Eilidh McCreadie

Barbara Kingsolver is the author of books DEMON COPPERHEAD, THE POISONWOOD BIBLE and ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE as well as essays, journalism and poetry. She grew up in rural Kentucky, travelled the world and lived for nearly two decades in Tucson, Arizona, before moving back to southern Appalachia. Since 2004, she and her husband have raised their family and farmed in southwestern Virginia, in the mountains she considers her home territory.

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14 minutes

On radio

Thursday 22:45

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  • Thursday 22:45