Go Set A Watchman, the hotly anticipated novel by Harper Lee, is on sale now. According to BBC, the initial print run in USA is 2 millions and it would be released in 70 countries simultaneously. Of course a big moment in publishing.
But I'm not excited. In fact, reading the reviews and the first chapter of Watchman, I get less enthused to read the book. Who would want to see Atticus, such a fine and rational being in Mockingbird to change suddenly into a bigot in Watchman?
These are worst times for the black in USA as they experience more and more violence and hatred from the white. I'm afraid in the new charged atmosphere the book's content could be a thing for glee for bigots, unintentionally though. May be it was the reason why the novel which was actually written before the Mockingbird was rejected by Lee's editor fifty five years ago.
Times have only changed for the worse now.
The publishing of the book may have a historic value, but I think it's not going to be welcome by many. Worse still, you can't re-read Mockingbird with same love and enthusiasm now.
But I'm not excited. In fact, reading the reviews and the first chapter of Watchman, I get less enthused to read the book. Who would want to see Atticus, such a fine and rational being in Mockingbird to change suddenly into a bigot in Watchman?
These are worst times for the black in USA as they experience more and more violence and hatred from the white. I'm afraid in the new charged atmosphere the book's content could be a thing for glee for bigots, unintentionally though. May be it was the reason why the novel which was actually written before the Mockingbird was rejected by Lee's editor fifty five years ago.
Times have only changed for the worse now.
The publishing of the book may have a historic value, but I think it's not going to be welcome by many. Worse still, you can't re-read Mockingbird with same love and enthusiasm now.
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Nice information for all the readers.I did not get the Go Set A Watchman book from any place so i cannot read the book.Just i read the review about this novel and it is very interesting.
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