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Go Set a Watchman
Lee, Harper

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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.

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Lee, Harper - Ve y pon un centinela - Language: Spanish, Novel - Format: ePub
Estamos ante uno de los grandes acontecimientos literarios de los últimos tiempos: la publicación de la primera novela de Harper Lee, la admirada autora del bestseller ganador del Premio Pulitzer Matar a un ruiseñor. El libro fue (More) escrito a mediados de los años 50, y fue el primer manuscrito que Harper Lee presentó a sus editores antes de Matar a un ruiseñor. Este manuscrito se dio por perdido hasta que fue descubierto a finales de 2014. Ve y pon un centinela nos presenta a muchos de los personajes de Matar a un ruiseñor, aunque unos veinte años más tarde. Jean Louise Finch Scout regresa a su hogar en Maycomb para visitar a su padre, pero tendrá que enfrentarse con problemas personales y políticos que involucran a Atticus, la sociedad y al pequeño pueblo de Alabama que la vio nacer. El libro proyecta una nueva y fascinante luz sobre el clásico de Harper Lee al explorar cómo los personajes de Matar a un ruiseñor se adaptan a los turbulentos acontecimientos que transforman a Estados Unidos a mediados de los años 50. Esta gran autora nos deleita con una historia conmovedora, divertida y convincente. En definitiva, una magnífica novela.
Lee, Harper - Go Set a Watchman - Language: English, Novel - Format: ePub
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 (More) 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.
Lee, Harper - Matar a un ruiseñor - Language: Spanish, Novel - Format: ePub, iSilo
Matar un ruiseñor, está ambientada en el sur mítico, degradado y humillado tras la derrota contra los yankees en la Guerra de Secesión. La acción transcurre en los años treinta, los años de la terrible depresión post Crac del 29. (More) Narrativamente acaba donde empieza Faulkner y comienza donde acaba Carson McCullers, pero es una historia de personajes. Los principales: los niños Scout y Jem y su padre Atticus, el pueblo y sus habitantes blancos y negros. El drama de la segregación racial y las raíces del funesto racismo enquistado en una sociedad tradicional y conservadora. La novela habla por si sola, se trata de una historia de niños en los que va influyendo la brutalidad y la cordura de los adultos, ese mundo fracturado cuyos fragmentos se complementan en una educación moral llena de contradicciones. La reedición ahora en castellano es una buena oportunidad para adentrarse en esa sociedad desaparecida pero con preocupantes espasmos contemporáneos.
Lee, Harper - To Kill a Mockingbird - Language: English, Novel - Format: ePub, iSilo
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was immediately successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature. The plot and characters are loosely based on the (More) author's observations of her family and neighbors, as well as on an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936, when she was 10 years old. The novel is renowned for its warmth and humor, despite dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality. The narrator's father, Atticus Finch, has served as a moral hero for many readers and as a model of integrity for lawyers. One critic explains the novel's impact by writing, "In the twentieth century, To Kill a Mockingbird is probably the most widely read book dealing with race in America, and its protagonist, Atticus Finch, the most enduring fictional image of racial heroism."
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