Harper Lee publiera la suite de "To kill a mocking bird"

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Harper Lee s'était méritée un prix Pulitzer pour "To kill a mocking". La "suite" intitulée "Go Set a Watchman" a été rédigée avant, mais l'action se déroule plus tard. Il semble que même l'auteure avait oublié l'existence du manuscrit! On retrouve dans ce "nouveau" roman l'atmosphère des villes du sud et la question raciale.  

"Harper publisher Jonathan Burnham said, “This is a remarkable literary event. The existence of ‘Go Set a Watchman’ was unknown until recently, and its discovery is an extraordinary gift to the many readers and fans of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’ Reading in many ways like a sequel to Harper Lee’s classic novel, it is a compelling and ultimately moving narrative about a father and a daughter’s relationship, and the life of a small Alabama town living through the racial tensions of the 1950s.”

Although not a recluse, Lee has led a strikingly private life, and she rarely appears in public. In 2011, President Barack Obama honored her with the National Medal of Arts. In 2007, President George W. Bush bestowed upon her a Presidential Medal of Freedom."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2015/02/03/harper-lee-to-publish-sequel-to-to-kill-a-mockingbird/?hpid=z2