EAN: 9781529155419

Bilder-Quelle: averdo

'Someone rare ... a writer with the liveliest sense of life and the warmest most authentic humour' TRUMAN CAPOTE 'A writer with something significant to say' NEW YORK TIMES 'A rare literary phenomenon' VOGUE '[She changed] the way we saw each other and then the way we saw ourselves' PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA From the beloved bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winning author a posthumous collection of newly discovered writing offering a fresh perspective on the remarkable literary mind behind To Kill a Mockingbird . Featuring an introduction by Casey Cep Harper Lee's appointed biographer. Harper Lee remains a landmark figure in the American canon - thanks to Scout Jem Atticus and the other indelible characters in her Pulitzer-winning debut To Kill a Mockingbird as well as for the darker late-'50s version of small-town Alabama that emerged in Go Set a Watchman her only other novel published in 2015 after its rediscovery. The Land of Sweet Forever combines Lee's never-before-seen short stories and published nonfiction in a volume offering an unprecedented look at the development of her inimitable voice. Covering territory from the Alabama schoolyards of Lee's youth to the luncheonettes and movie houses of midcentury Manhattan The Land of Sweet Forever invites still-vital conversations about politics equality travel love fiction art the American South and what it means to lead an engaged and creative life. This collection comes with an introduction by Casey Cep Harper Lee's appointed biographer which provides illuminating background for our reading of these stories and connects them both to Lee's life and to her two novels. Combining Lee's early short fiction and later nonfiction The Land of Sweet Forever offers an unprecedented look at the development of her inimitable voice.

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