- Adult children of aging parents, Fathers and daughters, Race relations, Nineteen fifties
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 a painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the past -- a journey that can be guided only by one's 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. - Jacket.
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Earnest, classical in form, contemplative and prestige.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Harper Lee
- First published
- 2015
- Pages
- 304
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers, French and European Publications Inc, Harper Perennial Modern Classics
- Editions
- 32
- Language
- English, German, cat, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780062409904
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Nelle Harper Lee was an American novelist. She wrote the 1960 novel *To Kill a Mockingbird* that won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and became a classic of modern American literature. Lee received numerous accolades and honorary degrees, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007 which was awarded for her contribution to literature. She assisted her close friend Truman Capote in his research for the book *In Cold Blood* (1966). Capote was the basis for the character Dill Harris in *To Kill a Mockingbird.*
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