Ve Y Pon Un Centinela / Go Set a Watchman - by Harper Lee (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Jean Louise Finch vuelve a Maycomb, Alabama, para visitar a su anciano padre, Atticus. Ya no es la pequeña Scout, sino una joven de veintiséis años que vive en Nueva York, ajena a las tensiones provocadas por el movimiento por los derechos civiles de la población afroamericana y la agitación política que están 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 más queridos. A medida que los recuerdos de su infancia se agolpan en su memoria, sus valores y creencias empiezan a tambalearse.

Escrita unos años antes que Matar a un ruiseñor, Ve y pon un centinela reúne a muchos de los emblemáticos personajes de aquella obra maestra y retrata con brillantez a una mujer y un mundo en dolorosa pero necesaria transición para tratar de escapar de las ilusiones del pasado. Con su característica humanidad, pasión, humor y precisión, esta novela arroja una nueva y valiosa luz sobre una de las escritoras más 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.