| To Kill a Mockingbird Contributor(s): Lee, Harper (Author), Spacek, Sissy (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0061808121 ISBN-13: 9780061808128 Publisher: HarperAudio OUR PRICE: $31.49 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: December 2008 Annotation: Harper Lee's classic novel of a lawyer in the deep south defending a black man charged with the rape of a white girl One of the best-loved stories of all time, "To Kill a Mockingbird" has earned many distinctions since its original publication in 1960. It won the Pulitzer Prize, has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than thirty million copies worldwide, and been made into an enormously popular movie. Most recently, librarians across the country gave the book the highest of honors by voting it the best novel of the twentieth century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 5.3" W x 5.7" (0.60 lbs) 11 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Voted America's Best-Loved Novel in PBS's The Great American Read Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep South--and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred One of the most cherished stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the twentieth century by librarians across the country. A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father--a crusading local lawyer--risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime. |
Contributor Bio(s): Spacek, Sissy: - Sissy Spacek has been one of film's most respected actresses for more than three decades. Her many honors include an Academy Award(R)(Coal Miner's Daughter), five additional Oscar(R) nominations (Carrie, Missing, The River, Crimes of the Heart, and In the Bedroom), three Golden Globe Awards and numerous critics awards. Some of Spacek's other film credits include Raggedy Man (directed by husband Jack Fisk), A Home at the End of the World, The Straight Story, Affliction, Badlands, and The Long Walk Home. Lee, Harper: -Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. She is the author of the acclaimed To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman, which became a phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller when it was published in July 2015. Ms. Lee received the Pulitzer Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and numerous other literary awards and honors. She died on February 19, 2016. |