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Go Set a Watchman : A Novel by Harper Lee (2015, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100062409859
ISBN-139780062409850
eBay Product ID (ePID)209758380
Product Key Features
Book TitleGo Set a Watchman : a Novel
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, Cultural Heritage, Family Life, Literary
Publication Year2015
GenreFiction
AuthorHarper Lee
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight19.7 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2015-373322
ReviewsDon't let 'Go Set a Watchman' change the way you think about Atticus Finch…the hard truth is that a man such as Atticus, born barely a decade after Reconstruction to a family of Southern gentry, would have had a complicated and tortuous history with race., A deftly written tale… there's something undeniably comforting and familiar about sinking into Lee's prose once again., Lee's ability with description is evident… with long sentences beautifully rendered and evoking a world long lost to history, but welcoming all the same., What makes Go Set a Watchman memorable is its sophisticated and even prescient view of the long march for racial justice. Remarkably, a novel written that long ago has a lot to say about our current struggles with race and inequality., [ Go Set a Watchman ] captures some of the same small-town Southern humor and preoccupation with America's great struggle: race., The success of Go Set a Watchman... lies both in its depiction of Jean Louise reckoning with her father's beliefs, and in the manner by which it integrates those beliefs into the Atticus we know., Go Set a Watchman provides valuable insight into the generous, complex mind of one of America's most important authors., [ Go Set a Watchman ] contains the familiar pleasures of Ms. Lee's writing- the easy, drawling rhythms, the flashes of insouciant humor, the love of anecdote., [Go Set a Watchman] captures some of the same small-town Southern humor and preoccupation with America's great struggle: race., [Go Set a Watchman] contains the familiar pleasures of Ms. Lee's writing- the easy, drawling rhythms, the flashes of insouciant humor, the love of anecdote., In this powerful newly published story about the Finch family, Lee presents a wider window into the white Southern heart, and tells us it is finally time for us all to shatter the false gods of the past and be free., Go Set a Watchman is more complex than Harper Lee's original classic. A satisfying novel... it is, in most respects, a new work, and a pleasure, revelation and genuine literary event., As Faulkner said, the only good stories are the ones about the human heart in conflict with itself. And that's a pretty good summation of Go Set a Watchman ., Go Set a Watchman offers a rich and complex story… To make the novel about pinning the right label on Atticus is to miss the point., 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…|9780062409850|, Go Set a Watchman is more complex than Harper Lee's original classic. A satisfying novel… it is, in most respects, a new work, and a pleasure, revelation and genuine literary event., Atticus' complexity makes Go Set a Watchman worth reading. With Mockingbird , Harper Lee made us question what we know and who we think we are. Go Set a Watchman continues in this noble literary tradition., A coming-of-age novel in which Scout becomes her own woman… Go Set a Watchman 's voice is beguiling and distinctive, and reminiscent of Mockingbird . (It) can't be dismissed as literary scraps from Lee's imagination. It has too much integrity for that., A significant aspect of this novel is that it asks us to see Atticus now not merely as a hero, a god, but as a flesh-and-blood man with shortcomings and moral failing, enabling us to see ourselves for all our complexities and contradictions., …the voice we came to know so well in To Kill a Mockingbird - funny, ornery, rulebreaking - is right here in Go Set a Watchman , too, as exasperating and captivating as ever., A coming-of-age novel in which Scout becomes her own woman...Go Set a Watchman's voice is beguiling and distinctive, and reminiscent of Mockingbird. (It) can't be dismissed as literary scraps from Lee's imagination. It has too much integrity for that., Go Set a Watchman provides valuable insight into the generous, complex mind of one of America's most important authors., The success of Go Set a Watchman ... lies both in its depiction of Jean Louise reckoning with her father's beliefs, and in the manner by which it integrates those beliefs into the Atticus we know., ...the voice we came to know so well in To Kill a Mockingbird - funny, ornery, rulebreaking - is right here in Go Set a Watchman, too, as exasperating and captivating as ever., Go Set a Watchman's greatest asset may be its role in sparking frank discussion about America's woeful track record when it comes to racial equality., Go Set a Watchman offers a rich and complex story... To make the novel about pinning the right label on Atticus is to miss the point., Go Set a Watchman comes to us at exactly the right moment. All important works of art do. They come when we don't know how much we need them., Don't let 'Go Set a Watchman' change the way you think about Atticus Finch...the hard truth is that a man such as Atticus, born barely a decade after Reconstruction to a family of Southern gentry, would have had a complicated and tortuous history with race. That this doesn't emerge in To Kill a Mockingbird, then, may be one of that book's failings, a tendency to sugarcoat, to oversimplify. The Atticus in Go Set a Watchman, in other words, is likely closer to the way such a man would actually have been., One overarching theme that many critics have zeroed in on is that there is a lot to learn from the novel, as both a writer and a reader., Go Set a Watchman comes to us at exactly the right moment. All important works of art do. They come when we don't know how much we need them., Atticus' complexity makes Go Set a Watchman worth reading. With Mockingbird, Harper Lee made us question what we know and who we think we are. Go Set a Watchman continues in this noble literary tradition., [ Go Set a Watchman is] filled with the evocative language, realistic dialogue and sense of place that partially explains what made Mockingbird so beloved., Go Set a Watchman 's greatest asset may be its role in sparking frank discussion about America's woeful track record when it comes to racial equality., As Faulkner said, the only good stories are the ones about the human heart in conflict with itself. And that's a pretty good summation of Go Set a Watchman., 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...|9780062409850|
SynopsisA historic literary event: the publication of a newly discovered novel, the earliest known work from Harper Lee, the beloved, bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, To Kill a Mockingbird. Originally written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman was the novel Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers before To Kill a Mockingbird. Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014. Go Set a Watchman features many of the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird some twenty years later. Returning home to Maycomb to visit her father, Jean Louise Finch-Scout-struggles with issues both personal and political, involving Atticus, society, and the small Alabama town that shaped her. Exploring how the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird are adjusting to the turbulent events transforming mid-1950s America, Go Set a Watchman casts a fascinating new light on Harper Lee's enduring classic. Moving, funny and compelling, it stands as a magnificent novel in its own right., #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 (Opinion Pages) 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., #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 (Opinion Pages) 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.
LC Classification NumberPS3562.E353
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- 12 Feb, 2019Top favourable review
Brilliant first draft that is still relevant 60-plus years later
This is basically an unedited first draft - a time capsule from the 1950s - but it is still better than 95% of novels published recently. The characters argue over topics we’re sadly still seething over today. The characters are vivid and well developed - Atticus is far more complex and stubborn in his ways, though he seems to be seeking common ground with the community, trying to figure out how best to appeal to them. Contrary to over-hyped reviews, the real racists are the boyfriend and the uncle. There are chunks of text the author likely would have reworked/rewritten/omitted, given the chance at a younger age Overall, it is a highly pleasurable reading experience, thought provoking and beautifully written.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 25 Jul, 2019Top critical review
Harper Lee's Heirs Probably Wanted More Money
This was obviously a re-worked first draft of To Kill a Mockingbird. There were many rumors that she was having memory problems and people were taking advantage of her in her later years. Harper Lee said several different times that she would never publish another novel after Mockingbird. This one was written in the mid 50s, and she re-worked it into Mockingbird, published in 1960; possibly after suggestions from from her pal, Truman Capote. Both books have semi-autobiographical elements, and several passages of Watchman are verbatim from Mockingbird; the big differences being the time-frame and the personality of Atticus in Mockingbird. If you are a big fan of Mockingbird, and can get a copy of Watchman cheaply like I did(just over six dollars for a hardback, including shipping from eBay), then I would suggest getting one just for the comparison. However, the quality of the writing is just not there.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 26 May, 2017
The Watchman vs The Mockingbird
It's very hard to believe that this book was written before To Kill a Mockingbird. The racial issues in this book are on a first person account, while Go Set a Watchman is on the society of the time as a whole. Scout is having a much harder time dealing with the old South's white vs black attitude than she did dealing with Atticus's defense of a black man accused of a crime he didn't commit. In some aspects Mockingbird presents a more telling version. Although I enjoyed them both, I had a harder time liking the characters in Watchman. I am glad it didn't come out first. If it had I don't think Mockingbird would have been as successful. Perhaps that is why the author held Watchman back for so long.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 04 Feb, 2016
Go Set a Watchman
After having read and loved To Kill a Mockingbird, I don't think this comes anywhere near the quality level of Mockingbird. The depth of characters in Mockingbird is not reflected in this book. While some readers, I have heard, are upset that their image of Atticus is sullied by this book, the book was so different from her first that I see almost no connection between them, despite being set in the same place and with the same characters. While Atticus is now shown to have some attitudes very common to that setting and time in this book, the story was so fragmented with jumps in time and assumptions on Scout's part that I couldn't even finish it.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 26 Jul, 2023
Don’t bother !
Entire book is about the southern culture I grew up in, the daughter comes home from living in NYC and sees it hasn’t changed , her family tries to drag her back in. The last chapter brings Atticus , rarely mentioned all along ) to the fore and tramples what we knew of him in the past . I believe either this book was not written by the author or was changed deliberately by others to sully a main character who served as a means to show us some decency in the world at that time . I think it smells a rat . Waste of paper , ink, money … And not really a credible novel .Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 10 Jun, 2016
Major Disappointment
Less than mediocre. Did the same writer write 'Mockingbird?' Hard to believe. The central character in this book was not believable, not sympathetic and poorly fleshed out. The book concentrated more on the trivial than on the theme of the book. There was very little new or compelling information or story here about it's serious central theme - being racism in the South. The great iconic hero of Mockingbird is reduced here to a bloodless, robot. Don't waste your time or money. There is absolutely nothing new, evocative or stimulating.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 17 Oct, 2015
"GO SET A WATCHMAN"
Outstanding novel! Definitely read "To Kill a Mockingbird" first. This "sequel" was first written as the "prequel" but following the story of "Scout" and Atticus is much enhanced by having first read "To Kill a Mockingbird." The book helps clarify who Atticus really is, and just what he believes. These issues are not completely addressed in "Mockingbird" where much of that novel focuses on the adventures of Scout and Jem as children, and their interactions with Atticus , as their father.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 23 Apr, 2016
Oh, If Only--------
If only we lived in a perfect society, so that everything that we thought was good would emerge eventually. But if we did live in such a society, in such a world, we wouldn't have the problem such as racial inequality to begin with. The characters are vivid, strong and compelling, the situation in which they find themselves holds ones interest, but it all ends on a note that is never sounded.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 11 Apr, 2016
Harper Lee is a one of a kind author.
This book is similar but entirely different from "To Kill A Mockingbird". Harper Lee is a genius at telling stories that have a very "real" feel and make the reader think and reconsider their way of thinking. Very entertaining.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 25 Feb, 2016
Terrible !
I can only say it's a very good thing that "To Kill a Mockingbird" was published before this one. It is dull, uninspiring and I kept waiting for it to amount to something and then it was over. I would imagine that she never released it to the public for that very reason and that in her old age relatives, and agents decided it would make them a lot of money due to the popularity of 'Mockingbird'.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
