Another book by Harper Lee!

[marylander1940]

"To Kill a Mockingbird" will not be Harper Lee's only published book after all.

 

Publisher Harper announced Tuesday that "Go Set a Watchman," a novel the Pulitzer Prize-winning author completed in the 1950s and put aside, will be released July 14. Rediscovered last fall, "Go Set a Watchman" is essentially a sequel to "To Kill a Mockingbird," although it was finished earlier.

 

Reactions ranged from euphoria (Oprah Winfrey issued a statement saying, "I couldn't be happier if my name was Scout") to skepticism that the new book will be of the same quality as "Mockingbird." Biographer Charles J. Shields noted that Lee was a "beginning author" when she wrote "Watchman."

 

The 304-page book will be Lee's second, and her first new work in print in more than 50 years, among the longest gaps in history for a major writer.

 

"In the mid-1950s, I completed a novel called 'Go Set a Watchman,'" the 88-year-old Lee said in a statement issued by Harper. "It features the character known as Scout as an adult woman, and I thought it a pretty decent effort. My editor, who was taken by the flashbacks to Scout's childhood, persuaded me to write a novel (what became 'To Kill a Mockingbird') from the point of view of the young Scout.

 

"I was a first-time writer, so I did as I was told. I hadn't realized it (the original book) had survived, so was surprised and delighted when my dear friend and lawyer Tonja Carter discovered it. After much thought and hesitation, I shared it with a handful of people I trust and was pleased to hear that they considered it worthy of publication. I am humbled and amazed that this will now be published after all these years."

 

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[+ purplekow]

it is unlikely to measure up to her well known masterpiece, but it is being published unchanged from the original and as a result will be an interesting period piece. Scout has moved to NYC and has returned home to visit her father. How different that story is in the 50s compared to that story in the teens, will be fascinating. Sure to be loved and reviled.

[+ deej]

Sure to be loved and reviled.

 

Ayup.

[Guest]

Wow. I never imagined she was still alive.

[AdamSmith]

"It's interesting that all the folks that are buying it don't know they are buying a children's book." -- Flannery O'Connor on To Kill a Mockingbird

 

But of course on the other hand: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/jul/13/kill-a-mockingbird-atticus-finch-barack-obama

[+ SimplyAdam]

If it weren't for all the beauty to ensue, this certainly could single-handedly make one's day: http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/to-kill-a-mockingbird/