ＴＯ： 日記 梅岡城的故事，如今已經成為一則傳奇……
哈波．李第二部作品《守望者》（Go Set a Watchman，暫譯）問世。這部長篇小說就情節而論是《梅岡城故事》的續集，然而成書時間卻比《梅岡城故事》更早，1950年代即已殺青，但一直沒有付梓，2014年秋天才又重見天日，書名出自《舊約聖經》〈以賽亞書〉：「主對我如此說：你去設立守望的，使他將所看見的述說。 」（For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.）《守望者》出版之前，哈波．李發表聲明：「1950年代中期，我寫了《守望者》，讓史考特．芬奇這個角色以成年女性現身，我覺得那是一部還不錯的作品。我的編輯對書中史考特的童年回憶很感興趣，勸我以小女孩史考特的觀點再寫一部小說（就是後來的《梅岡城故事》）。」1926年4月28日，哈波．李出生在阿拉巴馬州南部、一個人口不到1500人的小鎮，小名「奈兒」（Nelle），父親艾薩（Asa Coleman Lee）是一位知名的律師，也是《梅岡城故事》主角律師艾提卡斯的藍本。當然，哈波．李本人也是書中小女孩史考特的寫照。
The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic.
Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.
Nelle Harper Lee is known for her Putltzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird, her only major work. In 1999, it was voted "Best Novel of the Century" in a poll by Library Journal. Ms. Lee was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her contribution to literature in 2007. Her father was a lawyer who served in the Alabama state legislature from 1926 to 1938. As a child, Lee was a tomboy and enjoyed the friendship of her schoolmate, Truman Capote. After completing To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee accompanied Capote to Holcomb, Kansas, to assist him in researching his bestselling book, In Cold Blood. Since publication of To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee has granted very few requests for interviews or public appearances and has published no other novels.
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