Go Set a Watchman

Zusatztext "[ Go Set a Watchman is] filled with the evocative language! realistic dialogue and sense of place that partially explains what made Mockingbird so beloved." Informationen zum Autor Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. She is the author of the acclaimed To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman , which became a phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller when it was published in July 2015. Ms. Lee received the Pulitzer Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and numerous other literary awards and honors. She died on February 19, 2016. Klappentext Now available in a gorgeous, limited leatherbound edition, Harper Lee's landmark #1 New York Times bestselling novel set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize?winning masterpiece, To Kill a Mockingbird. Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch??Scout??returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise's homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town, and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt. Featuring many of the iconic characters from To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman perfectly captures a young woman, and a world, in painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the past?a journey that can only be guided by one's own conscience. Written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman imparts a fuller, richer understanding and appreciation of Harper Lee. Here is an unforgettable novel of wisdom, humanity, passion, humor, and effortless precision?a profoundly affecting work of art that is both wonderfully evocative of another era and relevant to our own times. It not only confirms the enduring brilliance of To Kill a Mockingbird, but also serves as its essential companion, adding depth, context, and new meaning to an American classic. Zusammenfassung Now available in a gorgeous! limited leatherbound edition! Harper Lee's landmark #1 New York Times bestselling novel set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prizewinning masterpiece! To Kill a Mockingbird. Maycomb! Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise FinchScoutreturns home from New York City to visit her aging father! Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South! Jean Louise's homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family! the town! and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back! and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt. Featuring many of the iconic characters from To Kill a Mockingbird! Go Set a Watchman perfectly captures a young woman! and a world! in painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the pasta journey that can only be guided by one's own conscience. Written in the mid-1950s! Go Set a Watchman imparts a fuller! richer understanding and appreciation of Harper Lee. Here is an unforgettable novel of wisdom! humanity! passion! humor! and effortless precisiona profoundly affecting work of art that is both wonderfully evocative of another era and relevant to our own times. It not only confirms the enduring brilliance of To Kill a Mockingbird! but also serves as its essential companion! adding depth! context! and new meaning to an American classic. ...

[Go Set a Watchman is] filled with the evocative language, realistic dialogue and sense of place that partially explains what made Mockingbird so beloved.

Autorentext

Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. She is the author of the acclaimed To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman, which became a phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller when it was published in July 2015. Ms. Lee received the Pulitzer Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and numerous other literary awards and honors. She died on February 19, 2016.

Klappentext

Now available in a gorgeous, limited leatherbound edition, Harper Lee’s landmark #1 New York Times bestselling novel set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece, To Kill a Mockingbird.

Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch—“Scout”—returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise’s homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town, and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt. Featuring many of the iconic characters from To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman perfectly captures a young woman, and a world, in painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the past—a journey that can only be guided by one’s own conscience.

Written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman imparts a fuller, richer understanding and appreciation of Harper Lee. Here is an unforgettable novel of wisdom, humanity, passion, humor, and effortless precision—a profoundly affecting work of art that is both wonderfully evocative of another era and relevant to our own times. It not only confirms the enduring brilliance of To Kill a Mockingbird, but also serves as its essential companion, adding depth, context, and new meaning to an American classic.