To kill a Mockingbird
de Harper Lee Fallois, 1989, 309 p. (Livre de poche) 'Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird.' Lawyer Atticus Finch gives this advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much... |
Lee Harper.
To kill a Mockingbird.
Fallois, 1989, 309 p.
(Livre de poche).
Titre : | To kill a Mockingbird |
Auteurs : | Harper Lee, Auteur |
Type de document : | texte imprimé |
Editeur : | Arrow, 1989 |
Collection : | Livre de poche |
ISBN/ISSN : | 978-0-09-941978-5 |
Format : | 309 p. |
Note générale : | L'édition française de ce roman s'intitule Ne tirez pas sur l'oiseau moqueur ; le roman est au CDI. |
Langues: | Anglais |
Index. décimale : | R(A) (Romans en anglais) |
Descripteurs : |
Motbis 20e siècle / Etats-Unis / littérature étrangère |
Résumé : |
'Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird.'
Lawyer Atticus Finch gives this advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much... |
Nature du document : | fiction |
Genre : | roman |
Thème de fiction : | intolérance/racisme |
Date de création : | 27/10/2008 |
Exemplaires (1)
Cote | Section | Localisation | Code-barres | Disponibilité |
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R(A) LEE | Romans en anglais | C.D.R. | 016799 | Disponible |