Lawyer Atticus Finch defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic, Puliter Prize-winning novel--a black man charged with the rape of a white woman. Through the eyes of Atticus's children, Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with rich humor and unanswering honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep South of the 1930's.
哈珀•李(1926— )
生于美国阿拉巴马州, 曾被授予普利策小说奖及其他众多文学奖项。她与杜鲁门•卡坡蒂是幼年的邻居和一生的朋友。《杀死一只知更鸟》据说是以卡坡蒂为原型之一创作的,现已成为公认的美国文学经典。此后,她一直隐居在家乡亚拉巴马的小镇上 ,拒绝各种采访,过着平静的生活。有人问她为什么不在盛名之下接着写作,她回答:“有过这样一次,还有什么可写的?”