CBC Books | Posted: December 5, 2018 6:38 PM | Last Updated: December 7, 2018
Harper Lee, illustrated by Fred Fordham
Image | BOOK COVER: To Kill a Mockingbird: Graphic Novel by Harper Lee, illustrated by Fred Fordham
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A haunting portrait of race and class, innocence and injustice, hypocrisy and heroism, tradition and transformation in the Deep South of the 1930s, Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird remains as important today as it was upon its initial publication in 1960, during the turbulent years of the Civil Rights movement.
Now, this most beloved and acclaimed novel is reborn for a new age as a gorgeous graphic novel. Scout, Jem, Boo Radley, Atticus Finch, and the small town of Maycomb, Alabama, are all captured in vivid and moving illustrations by artist Fred Fordham.
Enduring in vision, Harper Lee's timeless novel illuminates the complexities of human nature and the depths of the human heart with humor, unwavering honesty, and a tender, nostalgic beauty. (From Harper)
Media Video | (not specified) : George Elliot Clarke on why it might be time to move beyond To Kill a Mockingbird
Caption: The professor, writer and former Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate makes a case for Canadians to put aside the Harper Lee classic in favour of other anti-racism works.
Media Audio | As It Happens : Reclusive "To Kill A Mockingbird" author Harper Lee takes many mysteries to her grave
Caption: Mary McDonagh Murphy made a documentary about the beloved and famously-private writer and says, with Lee's death at 89, there are many questions the world will never have answered.