To Kill a Mockingbird

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Beschreibung

<p><b>ONE OF THE GREATEST AMERICAN NOVELS EVER WRITTEN<br><br>WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION</b><br><br><b>'No one forgets this book' <i>Independent</i><br>'One of the best first novels I remember ... uniquely unsentimental' <i>Guardian</i><br>'There is humour as well as tragedy in this book, besides its faint note of hope for human nature; and it is delightfully written' <i>Sunday Times</i><br>'A rare literary phenomenon' <i>Vogue</i><br><br>The iconic modern classic and coming-of-age novel exploring racism in the American South.</b><br><br>'Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird.'<br><br>A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with a serious crime.<br><br>Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s.<br><br>The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice.<br><br>But the weight of history will only tolerate so much.<br><br><b>'Someone rare has written this very fine novel, a writer with the liveliest sense of life and the warmest, most authentic humour. A touching book; and so funny, so likeable.' Truman Capote</b></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780099419785

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

176 x 109 x 28 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2008

Verlag / Hersteller

Random House UK Ltd