Alabama, années 1930. La vie qui s'y déroule au ralenti n'a guère changé depuis le début du siècle. C'est là que grandissent, un peu en marge, la très jeune narratrice Scout et son frère aîné Jem. Leur père, Atticus Finch, veuf, avocat de son état, doit sauver de la peine de mort un Noir, accusé d'avoir violé une Blanche. Livre culte dès sa parution en 1960, au coeur de la lutte pour les droits civiques, Prix Pulitzer l'année suivante, Ne tirez pas sur l'oiseau moqueur reste l'ouvrage le plus lu aux Etats-Unis après la Bible.

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A landmark new novel from Harper Lee, set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece To Kill a Mockingbird.

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. Lire la suite Fermer