Go set a watchman

R$ 99,00

Sinopse

Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch – ‘Scout' – returns home from New York City to visit her ageing 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 be guided only 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, humour 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 a classic.

Participantes

Autor: Harper Lee

Autor

HARPER LEE

Harper Lee nasceu em 1926, em Monroeville, Alabama. Cursou a Huntington College, estudou Direito na Universidade do Alabama e passou um ano na Universidade de Oxford. Nos anos 1950, mudou-se para Nova York, onde escreveu O sol é para todos, ganhador do Prêmio Pulitzer em 1961. Pouco depois do sucesso do livro e da versão cinematográfica de 1962 (ganhadora do Oscar), Harper Lee se retirou da vida pública. Em 14 julho de 2015, 55 anos após o único outro trabalho publicado da autora, foi lançado Go set a watchman, (publicado no Brasil com o título Vá, coloque um vigia). O inesperado novo romance da escritora se tornou o livro mais vendido em uma semana na história da editora HarperColins.