Go Set a Watchman -

Harper Lee

Arrow

2016

288 páginas

9h 36m

ISBN-13: 9781784752460

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.

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Que livro difícil! De todos os rumos que os personagens podia
ter tomado, esse é o mais amargo em diversos aspectos. Acho que não poderei ler O Sol É Para Todos da mesma forma novamente, o que é uma pena. Mas a minha admiração pela Harper Lee (se é que foi ela que escreveu tudo) cresceu. Entendo porque esse livro passou décadas no escuro. O que ele tem a dizer não é fácil, mas sinto que eu teria ficado incompleta sem esse degrau, assim como a Scout. Talvez esse não seja o caso para todo mundo - haverá quem fique melhor sem essa.