{"product_id":"the-land-of-sweet-forever-harper-lee-9781529155419","title":"The Land of Sweet Forever (Harper Lee)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrder now to receive a collector's edition, UK first print run only. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, a posthumous collection of newly discovered writing, offering a fresh perspective on the remarkable literary mind behind \u003ci\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing an introduction by Casey Cep, Harper Lee's appointed biographer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Written with all of Lee's character and descriptive brilliance.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A new window into one of America's literary icons.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003ei Paper\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarper Lee remains a landmark figure in the American canon - thanks to Scout, Jem, Atticus, and the other indelible characters in her Pulitzer-winning debut, \u003ci\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/i\u003e; as well as for the darker, late-'50s version of small-town Alabama that emerged in \u003ci\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e, her only other novel, published in 2015 after its rediscovery. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Land of Sweet Forever\u003c\/i\u003e combines Lee's never-before-seen short stories and published nonfiction in a volume offering an unprecedented look at the development of her inimitable voice. Covering territory from the Alabama schoolyards of Lee's youth to the luncheonettes and movie houses of midcentury Manhattan, \u003ci\u003eThe Land of Sweet Forever \u003c\/i\u003einvites still-vital conversations about politics, equality, travel, love, fiction, art, the American South, and what it means to lead an engaged and creative life. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection comes with an introduction by Casey Cep, Harper Lee's appointed biographer, which provides illuminating background for our reading of these stories and connects them both to Lee's life and to her two novels. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCombining Lee's early short fiction and later nonfiction, The Land of Sweet Forever offers an unprecedented look at the development of her inimitable voice. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Land of Sweet Forever \u003c\/i\u003eand Harper Lee: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Thrilling ... helps explain how the little girl from South Alabama Avenue turned herself into a bestselling author.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Cast[s] a new light on the literary giant.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Unmistakably Lee' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eHarper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. She is the author of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published in 1960; and \u003ci\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e, published in July 2015. Ms Lee received the Pulitzer Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and numerous other literary awards and honours. She died in 2016.\nCasey Cep is at work on the authorized biography of Harper Lee. A staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, she is the author of the bestselling book \u003ci\u003eFurious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee\u003c\/i\u003e. 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