Autor Harper Leeová
Jedes Jahr reist Jean-Louise Finch aus dem mondänen, aufgeklärten New York zurück in ihre Heimatstadt Maycomb im Süden der USA, um den Sommer bei ihrer Familie zu verbringen. Doch diesmal ist etwas anders als sonst: In dem beschaulichen Städtchen breiten…
From Harper Lee comes a landmark new novel 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…
Maycomb v Alabamě je bezvýznamné ospalé provinční městečko obklopené poli s bavlnou. Ve 30. letech 20. století jsou Spojené státy americké zachváceny hospodářskou krizí, ale ta se obyvatel Maycombu dotýká jen okrajově. O letních prázdninách je největší…
V tridsiatych rokoch dvadsiateho storočia zasiahne Spojené štáty hospodárska kríza, hoci ospalého provinčného mestečka Maycomb v Alabame sa dotkne len okrajovo. V tom období je najväčšou starosťou dvoch súrodencov Scout a Jema a ich priateľa Dilla to,…
Azda nijaká kniha v poslednom čase nevyvolala toľko otáznikov ako román americkej spisovateľky Harper Leeovej Postav hliadku. Autorka, známa jedným z najpopulárnejších románov 20. storočia Nezabíjajte vtáčika (1960), sa po vydaní tejto knihy na dlhý…
Featuring a new introduction by the author, this specially packaged, popularly priced hardcover edition of an American classic (with more than 30 million copies sold) celebrates the 35th anniversary of its original publication.
One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the…
Voted America's Best-Loved Novel in PBS's The Great American Read Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep South--and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred One of the most cherished stories…
Set in fictional Maycomb, Alabama during the 1930s at a time of unrest – the town is divided by race and class – the narrative is told through the eyes of Scout, a young girl whose father, Atticus, has been employed to defend a black man convicted of…
A beautifully crafted graphic novel adaptation of Harper Lee's beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning American classic. "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." A haunting portrait of race and class,…