Avem Occidere Mimicam: To Kill a Mockingbird Translated into Latin for the First Time by Andrew Wilson [Hardcover]

Harper Lee’s beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning classic novelTo Kill a Mockingbird, now translated into Latin.

“Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”

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’sTo Kill a Mockingbirdremains as important today as it was upon its initial publication in 1960, during the turbulent years of the Civil Rights movement.

A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of young Scout, as her father Atticus Finch, a crusading local lawyer, risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime.

Now, this most beloved and acclaimed novel is retold in this beautiful Latin language edition, translated by Andrew Wilson.

The first translation into Latin

A haunting portrait of race and class, innocence and injustice, hypocrisy and heroism, and tradition and trans-formation in the Deep South of the 1930s, Harper Lee’sTo Kill a Mockingbirdremains as important today as it was upon its initial publication in 1960, during the turbulent years of the Civil Rights movement. This gripping novel is a remarkable coming-of-age tale in a South poisoned by prejudice, viewing a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of young Scout, as her father, Atticus Finch, a local lawyer, risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a crime.

This volume is the first Latin translation of this classic work. Andrew Wilson’s conversion is suitable for students of anylãÃ