La primera novela de Harper Lee, secuela de la ic鏮ica Matar un ruise隳r «Divertida, intratable, iconoclasta [...], tan exasperante y cautivadora como siempre . -The Chicago Tribune
«Una Harper Lee m嫳 realista, pol癃ica, combativa, directa, contundente, feminista, audaz y arriesgada . -El Pa疄
Jean Louise Finch vuelve a Maycomb, Alabama, para visitar a su anciano padre, Atticus. Ya no es la peque鎙 Scout, sino una joven de veintis嶯s a隳s que vive en Nueva York, ajena a las tensiones provocadas por el movimiento por los derechos civiles de la poblaci鏮 afroamericana y la agitaci鏮 pol癃ica que est嫕 transformando los estados del sur. Pero su regreso al hogar se torna agridulce cuando descubre la inquietante verdad sobre su familia, su pueblo y sus seres m嫳 queridos. A medida que los recuerdos de su infancia se agolpan en su memoria, sus valores y creencias empiezan a tambalearse.
Escrita unos a隳s antes que Matar a un ruise隳r, Ve y pon un centinela ree a muchos de los emblem嫢icos personajes de aquella obra maestra y retrata con brillantez a una mujer y un mundo en dolorosa pero necesaria transici鏮 para tratar de escapar de las ilusiones del pasado. Con su caracter疄tica humanidad, pasi鏮, humor y precisi鏮, esta novela arroja una nueva y valiosa luz sobre una de las escritoras m嫳 brillantes y complejas de nuestro tiempo.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION #1 New York Times Bestseller
"Go Set a Watchman is such an important book, perhaps the most important novel on race to come out of the white South in decades." -- New York Times A landmark novel by Harper Lee, set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, To Kill a Mockingbird.
Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch--"Scout"--returns home to Maycomb, Alabama 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 the late 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.
