To Kill a Mockingbird

Paperback

English language

Published Jan. 14, 2015 by Arrow Books.

ISBN:
978-1-78475-263-7
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OCLC Number:
1061556032

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5 stars (4 reviews)

'Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird.'

A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the thirties. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much. --back cover

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XX. mende hasierako AEBetako hegoaldearen erretratua neskato (zuri) baten ikuspuntutik

5 stars

Liburuaren bizkarreko laburpena irakurrita epaitegiak eta abokatuak oinarritu dituen liburu bat espero nuen eta egia esan ez ninduen gehiegi erakartzen. Hala ere, irakurri ahala ezusteko oso atsegina hartu dut. Lege kontuek badute pisua liburuan, batez ere liburuaren erdi aldera, baina nagusiki XX. mende hasierako AEBetako hegoaldeko herrixka baten eta bertako biztanleen erretratua da, neskato zuri baten ikuspuntutik kontatua: arrazismoa, klasismoa, sexismoa, itxurakeria... Amaitu ondoren kritikak irakurtzen aritu naiz, eta egia da ikuspuntu zuri batetik idatzia dagoela, baina bere garairako oso aurreratua iruditzen zait, eta dirudienez eragin handia izan zuen AEBetako beltzen eskubide zibilen aldeko mugimenduan.

A forward novel that we already moved past

3 stars

The book represents a point of view of a child during the 30's written by someone who was a child during the 30's, which brings valuable historical authenticity. It was published in the 60's and due to its immediate success it was a part of a shift in attitudes regarding the civil rights movements of the 70's. Reading the book with this context in mind is an interesting experience because to a contemporary mind, the 60's is in many ways more absurd than was the 30's to the author.

The novel own its own merit is greatly delivered, with enough character building and contextualization that by the time the main plot arrives my metropolitan millennial mind is decently acclimatized to a completely alien society and culture. The naive, progressive-household-raised, clean slate kid point of view gives the narrator plausible bewilderment when facing the pervasive racial injustice and hypocrisy the book …