Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird

American Harper Lee is a unique example of the “genius of one work.” Over the decades, she wrote only a few critical articles and literary essays, but in 1960 she published one of the greatest works of world literature of the 20th century, the brilliant novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, was the basis for the script of the film of the same name and is still beloved readers of any age.

The story of a small sleepy town in the American South, told by a little girl.

The story of her brother Jim, her "fan" Dill and her father - an honest, principled lawyer Atticus Finch, one of the last and best representatives of the true "Southern aristocracy".

The story of a terrible trial of a black guy accused of raping a white girl, where everything is not as it seems.

And above all, the story of a turning point, when the xenophobia, racism, intolerance and bigotry inherent in the American south are gradually receding, replaced by other sentiments.

The “wind of change” has just begun to blow over America. But it is impossible to stop him.