Go Set a Watchman

　　《梅崗城故事》1960 年出版後，旋即獲得普立茲文學獎，其影響力至今未曾衰退：它暢銷全世界超過四十個國家，書籍銷售量破四千多萬冊，它也是美國圖書館重複借閱率最高的書、英國青少年最愛的小說之一，更被稱為是 20 世紀最有影響力的「世紀之書」。

　　但那之後，哈波 ‧ 李卻沉寂文壇，不再推出任何新作品，甚至極少接受專訪，被媒體稱為當今美國最神秘低調的作家。

　　而等了半世紀，今年無意間在家找到這本書《Go Set a Watchman》的手稿，而當年這部無緣出版的作品改以六歲小女孩思葛視野敘述的《梅崗城故事》出書。因為這個美麗的意外，讓原本堅持不再寫書的哈波李終於同意出書，稱這本為奇蹟之書一點也不為過。

　　《Go Set a Watchman》設定在《梅崗城故事》後的二十年，思葛從紐約重返梅崗城探望父親，而她也開始省思當年發生的事件以及試著了解父親對社會的想法，絕對將是另一本文學經典。（文 / 博客來編譯）

　　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 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 be guided only by one’s own conscience.

　　Written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman imparts a fuller, richer understanding and appreciation of Harper Lee. Here is an unforgettable novel of wisdom, humanity, passion, humour 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 a classic.
 

作者簡介

　　Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. She attended Huntingdon College and studied law at the University of Alabama. She is the author of To Kill a Mockingbird and has been awarded numerous literary awards including the Pulitzer Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.