{"product_id":"the-land-of-sweet-forever-harper-lee","title":"The Land of Sweet Forever (Harper Lee)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Someone rare ... a writer with the liveliest sense of life and the warmest, most authentic humour' \u003c\/b\u003eTRUMAN CAPOTE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A writer with something significant to say' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A rare literary phenomenon' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eVOGUE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[She changed] the way we saw each other, and then the way we saw ourselves' \u003c\/b\u003ePRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the beloved bestseller and 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\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing an introduction by Casey Cep, Harper Lee's appointed biographer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Land of Sweet Forever \u003c\/i\u003ecombines 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCombining Lee's early short fiction and later nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Land of Sweet Forever\u003c\/i\u003e offers an unprecedented look at the development of her inimitable voice.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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. She was born and raised on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where she still lives with her family.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Hardcover), Englisch, 224 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63447880696157,"sku":"K098613634","price":24.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/228716-9861363400001A.jpg?v=1771193514","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-land-of-sweet-forever-harper-lee","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}