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  • Non ci sono abbastanza stelle per quanto ho amato questo libro, che ho letto in italiano prima e in inglese ora, per la prima volta.

    Su un libro perfetto (così perfetto che, per scherzo del fato, Harper Lee non ne ha mai pubblicati altri) si possono dire molte banalità. Va letto, va fatto legg ... Continue

    Non ci sono abbastanza stelle per quanto ho amato questo libro, che ho letto in italiano prima e in inglese ora, per la prima volta.

    Su un libro perfetto (così perfetto che, per scherzo del fato, Harper Lee non ne ha mai pubblicati altri) si possono dire molte banalità. Va letto, va fatto leggere: è ambientato nell'Alabama degli anni '30, ma per molti versi potrebbe essere l'Italia del 2007. Sostituire mentalmente "nigger" con "zingaro" per vedere di nascosto l'effetto che fa.

    

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• ― Giulia Blasi said on Dec 1, 2007 about the Paperback edition| 2 feedbacks| 2 feedbacks

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  • Eccezionale. L'ho comprato in aeroporto a Dublino senza particolari motivi, tra l'altro non l'ho assolutamente associato al titolo italiano, quindi in realtà non l'avevo riconosciuto.

    L'inglese usato dall'autrice è elegantissimo, veramente stupendo, salvo poi risultare estremamente vivo quando ... Continue

    Eccezionale. L'ho comprato in aeroporto a Dublino senza particolari motivi, tra l'altro non l'ho assolutamente associato al titolo italiano, quindi in realtà non l'avevo riconosciuto.

    L'inglese usato dall'autrice è elegantissimo, veramente stupendo, salvo poi risultare estremamente vivo quando sono i personaggi a prendere la parola. Una vicenda tutto sommato semplice, che prova come sia molto più importante il modo in cui è raccontata la storia, che non la storia stessa.

    Sul retro di copertina c'è scritto "No one ever forgets this book": non posso che essere d'accordo, una volta girata l'ultima pagina avevo le lacrime agli occhi.

    

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• ― Paranoid30 said on Oct 22, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition| 1 feedback| 1 feedback

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  • I won't comment on the book's message, except to say that people worldwide today can still use a lesson or two on accepting other people who are different from themselves.

    Read the book, not for your school reading assignment but for the sake of reading, and you will understand what Harper Lee ... Continue

    I won't comment on the book's message, except to say that people worldwide today can still use a lesson or two on accepting other people who are different from themselves.

    Read the book, not for your school reading assignment but for the sake of reading, and you will understand what Harper Lee had to say.

    Equally brilliant but easily overlooked when reviewing this book is the writing, the language if you will, Harper Lee employed to construct the world of Scout.

    Yes, she constructed not only a story, not only a series of events, but an entire world as seen by a child growing up in Maycomb during the 30's.

    Not much of a writer myself, but I write novels on and off. And I believe in a minimalistic approach: the less you say that's unrelated to your main story line, the better. Don't waste two chapters on developments that can be summed up in two paragraphs.

    And we see a fine counterexample in "Mockingbrid".

    Reading the opening pages, you will find no trace of the theme advertised on the back cover: "a lawyer in the deep south defending a black man charged with the rape of a white girl." Instead, it is as if you can breath the hot summer's air, while running around in the yard as a seven-year-old.

    Those big houses, you have in fact never set foot in one, and have only seen them on American TV shows such as Knight Rider. And back then you were in the living room of some apartment building in some Asian city. But the fact doesn't stop you from feeling that world of Scout.

    And that's what drew me into the book. Not the message of acceptance and equality; not the social or historical value of the book. It's because I can feel so vividly another time, another age, another world all together. I can almost touch it if I just reach out, or it seems.

    Harper Lee maintained the same touch throughout the book. This is not a story about the trial and the aftermath, but an account of Scout's childhood through her own eyes, with the trial standing out as one big event.

    I don't think I can spell out my thought very clearly. What I mean to say is, it is so near-impossible to keep your focus while detailing on everything big and small. I certainly can't, and many published writers failed at one point or another at achieving the right balance.

    Yet Harper Lee did it-- not a "balance" between the two, which implies some sort of deliberate exclusion. She maxed out both sides.

    Pure genius. Something we can only admire and not copy. We are really not created equal in this case, and what can I say?

    

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• ― pthow said on Jul 20, 2007 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • I read this book taking part of the "Big Read" event, organized by John Cabot University in Rome (http://www.johncabot.edu/News_ and_Events/The_Big_Read.aspx). I did not expect much from the book other than entertainment and a chance to practice my English while meeting new people. But there was mor ... Continue

    I read this book taking part of the "Big Read" event, organized by John Cabot University in Rome (http://www.johncabot.edu/News _and_Events/The_Big_Read.aspx). I did not expect much from the book other than entertainment and a chance to practice my English while meeting new people. But there was more to it. Following Scout and Jem in their adventures took me back to my childhood and made me smile so many times as the author would guess what my 7-year-old self would say or feel like in certain situations. Then there are all the teachings that she gave me through Atticus’s voice. Teachings about honesty, acceptance, tolerance but also about dealing with what other people may think of us. I feel like reading this book made me grow up a little bit as well as its protagonists. Highly recommended!

    Ho letto questo libro durante l’evento “Big Read” organizzato dalla JCU a Roma. Non mi aspettavo molto, solo un po’ di intrattenimento e un’occasione per conoscere gente nuova ma c’è stato più di questo. Seguire Jem e Scout nelle loro avventure mi ha riportato alla mente reminescenze della mia infanzia e mi ha fatto sorridere spesso il fatto che l’autrice potesse immaginare come io avrei reagito e come mi sarei sentito a sette anni in determinate situazioni. In più è riuscita a darmi molti insegnamenti tramite la voce di Atticus. Insegnamenti sull’onestà, sulla tolleranza, sull’accettare gli altri e su come fare i conti di quello che loro potrebbero pensare di noi. Leggendo questo libro mi sono visto crescere un po’ anche io insieme ai suoi protagonisti. Lo consiglio!

    

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• ― Sir J said on Nov 29, 2009 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • kinda tedious, long, and the plot is easy to predict

    

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• ― Cherie Hsu said on Nov 23, 2009 about the Mass Market Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • 這本書從到尾都蠻好看的。
    然後她的結局也蠻有想像空間的，跟我猜的不一樣。

    

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• ― bb77 (badan77) said on Aug 17, 2009 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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. [예스24 제공]

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