To Kill a Mockingbird
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Book Introduction
Translated into 40 languages, it has sold over 40 million copies worldwide.
"Killing the Mockingbird" is now available from Open Books.
The most influential book after the Bible, American author Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" was published in 2015 by Open Books with a refined translation and a new design.
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird became a sensation across the United States immediately after its publication in 1960, and won Harper Lee the Pulitzer Prize the following year.
It has been translated into 40 languages and has sold over 40 million copies, and is still a steady bestseller in the United States, selling over 1 million copies annually.
In 1991, it was ranked #1 on the [Most Influential Book After the Bible] list by the Library of Congress in the United States, in 1998, it was ranked #1 on the [Most Influential Novel of the 20th Century] list by the Library Journal in the United States, and in 2008, it was ranked #1 on the [Best Novel of All Time Chosen by the British] list by Play.com in the United Kingdom, ranking it #1 on the list of recommended books.
In American high schools, "To Kill a Mockingbird" is included in the curriculum and is read by students, and is well-known as a work that helps develop American history and human rights awareness.
In 2001, it was selected as a book for the [One City, One Book] movement in Chicago, providing a forum for discussion on racial discrimination, a major problem there at the time, and contributing to changing the consciousness of citizens.
In Korea, it has been steadily read by readers since its official release in 2003, selling over 300,000 copies.
It was especially loved by the youth and became a must-read, even making it onto the list of steady bestsellers.
To Kill a Mockingbird is a work that vividly depicts the devastation of the Great Depression in the 1930s in America and the sharp conflicts between social classes and races.
This is a rare masterpiece that manages to elicit both laughter and tension, featuring likable characters, a heartwarming portrayal of our lives, a ghost story about a reclusive neighbor, and a tense trial scene.
The issue of human rights for black people, which is dealt with with particular importance, will provide readers and society with an opportunity to consult on what justice, conscience, courage, and faith are.
"Killing the Mockingbird" is now available from Open Books.
The most influential book after the Bible, American author Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" was published in 2015 by Open Books with a refined translation and a new design.
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird became a sensation across the United States immediately after its publication in 1960, and won Harper Lee the Pulitzer Prize the following year.
It has been translated into 40 languages and has sold over 40 million copies, and is still a steady bestseller in the United States, selling over 1 million copies annually.
In 1991, it was ranked #1 on the [Most Influential Book After the Bible] list by the Library of Congress in the United States, in 1998, it was ranked #1 on the [Most Influential Novel of the 20th Century] list by the Library Journal in the United States, and in 2008, it was ranked #1 on the [Best Novel of All Time Chosen by the British] list by Play.com in the United Kingdom, ranking it #1 on the list of recommended books.
In American high schools, "To Kill a Mockingbird" is included in the curriculum and is read by students, and is well-known as a work that helps develop American history and human rights awareness.
In 2001, it was selected as a book for the [One City, One Book] movement in Chicago, providing a forum for discussion on racial discrimination, a major problem there at the time, and contributing to changing the consciousness of citizens.
In Korea, it has been steadily read by readers since its official release in 2003, selling over 300,000 copies.
It was especially loved by the youth and became a must-read, even making it onto the list of steady bestsellers.
To Kill a Mockingbird is a work that vividly depicts the devastation of the Great Depression in the 1930s in America and the sharp conflicts between social classes and races.
This is a rare masterpiece that manages to elicit both laughter and tension, featuring likable characters, a heartwarming portrayal of our lives, a ghost story about a reclusive neighbor, and a tense trial scene.
The issue of human rights for black people, which is dealt with with particular importance, will provide readers and society with an opportunity to consult on what justice, conscience, courage, and faith are.
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Starting the book
Part 1
Part 2
Commentary on the work: Interest and consideration for the socially disadvantaged
About the translation of "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Harper Lee Chronology
Part 1
Part 2
Commentary on the work: Interest and consideration for the socially disadvantaged
About the translation of "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Harper Lee Chronology
Into the book
To Kill a Mockingbird
Dad got up from his seat and walked to the end of the hallway.
After examining the wisteria vines, he walked back towards me.
“If you learn just one simple trick, you can get along with everyone,” my father said.
“If you really want to understand someone, you have to put yourself in their shoes.”
"yes?"
"So to speak, you get inside that person's skin and walk around like that person." --- p.64~65
"People say you shouldn't defend that person, so why do you do it?"
“There are several reasons.
The most important reason is that if I don't do it, I won't be able to walk around town with my head held high, I won't be able to represent this county in the state legislature, and I won't be able to tell you and your brother not to do anything ever again.
"If Dad doesn't defend that person, does that mean my brother and I don't have to listen to you anymore?"
"That's what it is."
"Why?"
“Because I can’t tell you to listen to me twice.
Scout, simply by the nature of the profession of lawyer, every lawyer is bound to be assigned a case that will have a major impact on them at least once in their lifetime.
For me, this is exactly what's happening right now.
You might get some bad comments about this at school.
But promise me one thing.
It's about keeping your head up and your fists down.
No matter what anyone says, don't get angry.
Let's try fighting with our heads together...
It may not be easy to learn, but that's a good thing."
"Dad, do you think we'll win?"
"no."
"Then why─"
"Just because you've been losing for hundreds of years doesn't mean you shouldn't try to win before you even start." --- p.148~149
When my dad bought us air guns, he didn't want to teach us how to shoot them.
So Uncle Jack taught me the basics of shooting.
According to my uncle, my father wasn't interested in guns.
One day, Dad said this to Gem:
"I wish you would go out in the backyard and shoot cans.
But I'll shoot the birds too.
You can shoot as many magpies as you want as long as you hit them.
But remember, it is a sin to kill a parrot.
That was the first time I ever heard my father say that doing something was a sin.
So I asked Mrs. Modi.
“Your father is right,” said the woman.
“Parrots only sing songs for humans.
They don't eat from people's gardens, they don't nest in corn silos, they just open their hearts and sing songs for us.
So killing a parrot is a sin.
Dad got up from his seat and walked to the end of the hallway.
After examining the wisteria vines, he walked back towards me.
“If you learn just one simple trick, you can get along with everyone,” my father said.
“If you really want to understand someone, you have to put yourself in their shoes.”
"yes?"
"So to speak, you get inside that person's skin and walk around like that person." --- p.64~65
"People say you shouldn't defend that person, so why do you do it?"
“There are several reasons.
The most important reason is that if I don't do it, I won't be able to walk around town with my head held high, I won't be able to represent this county in the state legislature, and I won't be able to tell you and your brother not to do anything ever again.
"If Dad doesn't defend that person, does that mean my brother and I don't have to listen to you anymore?"
"That's what it is."
"Why?"
“Because I can’t tell you to listen to me twice.
Scout, simply by the nature of the profession of lawyer, every lawyer is bound to be assigned a case that will have a major impact on them at least once in their lifetime.
For me, this is exactly what's happening right now.
You might get some bad comments about this at school.
But promise me one thing.
It's about keeping your head up and your fists down.
No matter what anyone says, don't get angry.
Let's try fighting with our heads together...
It may not be easy to learn, but that's a good thing."
"Dad, do you think we'll win?"
"no."
"Then why─"
"Just because you've been losing for hundreds of years doesn't mean you shouldn't try to win before you even start." --- p.148~149
When my dad bought us air guns, he didn't want to teach us how to shoot them.
So Uncle Jack taught me the basics of shooting.
According to my uncle, my father wasn't interested in guns.
One day, Dad said this to Gem:
"I wish you would go out in the backyard and shoot cans.
But I'll shoot the birds too.
You can shoot as many magpies as you want as long as you hit them.
But remember, it is a sin to kill a parrot.
That was the first time I ever heard my father say that doing something was a sin.
So I asked Mrs. Modi.
“Your father is right,” said the woman.
“Parrots only sing songs for humans.
They don't eat from people's gardens, they don't nest in corn silos, they just open their hearts and sing songs for us.
So killing a parrot is a sin.
--- p.173~174
Publisher's Review
To Kill a Mockingbird
Why "To Kill a Mockingbird" Has Been Read and Loved for Over Half a Century
In 2001, Chicago, USA launched the [One City, One Book] reading movement with the intention of encouraging reading among its citizens while solving the problem of racial discrimination, which was a major problem in the area at the time.
The first book selected for this project is Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.
The public library purchased 2,000 copies of To Kill a Mockingbird in English, Spanish, and Polish, distributed them to 79 of its libraries, and encouraged participation in reading discussions during Chicago Book Week in October.
As a result, it brought about a change in the citizens' awareness of the issue of discrimination against blacks, which was a major problem in Chicago at the time, and 'To Kill a Mockingbird' was evaluated as a work that dealt with universal themes that are connected not only to Chicago but also to the world today, leading to discussions on human prejudice, understanding, forgiveness, race, and gender.
In the United States, it was selected for 86 of the 2,220 reading programs implemented as of 2014, making it the most adopted book since the start of the [One City, One Book] reading movement.
The American Library Association stated that the criteria for selecting books for the [One City, One Book] reading campaign were [books with issues, characters, and themes that arouse strong interest to stimulate discussion].
Nancy Pearl, who proposed and led the [One City, One Book] movement, listed four conditions for a book that is good for discussion: first, the ending of the novel must be ambiguous; second, the protagonist must make a decision that affects the rest of his or her life; third, the author must try something unusual in the story structure of the novel; and fourth, the narrator must be unreliable.
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird has long been a favorite for the One City, One Book reading movement because it satisfies all four of the above criteria while also providing a wealth of topics for discussion.
Even in the United States, which has a history of abolishing slavery for 100 years and having a black president in the 21st century, there are still news stories that turn the world upside down every year.
They clearly distinguish between superiority and inferiority based solely on skin color and commit indiscriminate violence.
The problem of human rights violations caused by the mistake of [difference] and [error] is not limited to the United States.
The value judgment that divides differences in position into right and wrong, points a gun at them, and justifies the cause and effect by saying that it is due to [wrongness] is a phenomenon that can be easily found today, both between individuals in a narrow sense and between countries in a broad sense.
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee does not take sides or try to defend or protect anyone.
The narrator, also set as a young girl, can only observe the central events of the work through the eyes of a child, and so readers who have read the ending are conscious of the cries that stir in their hearts and the points of contention that emerge.
"To Kill a Mockingbird" expands the reader's role beyond that of a third party who merely reads and appreciates, to one where they can actively think and discuss.
The new interpretations and expanded perspectives gained through reading and sharing what we feel reach the ideal world that Harper Lee hoped for through Atticus in To Kill a Mockingbird, namely, "If you look closely, most people are wonderful and the world is a place worth living in."
A new translation, refined and rewritten to fit today's needs and using honorifics.
Professor Kim Wook-dong, who was in charge of the translation, practically translated the work anew while revising the manuscript of “Killing a Mockingbird” published by Open Books.
To use an analogy, it's not just about putting up new wallpaper and replacing the floorboards, it's like replacing the rafters and tearing down the walls.
Because the original translation had been on the market for over 10 years, we carefully reviewed the original text, reorganized the translation, and refined outdated expressions to fit modern times.
To Kill a Mockingbird, set in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, is a coming-of-age novel narrated by a six-year-old girl named Scout, who reminisces about her past.
So, after much deliberation, I decided to change the informal language sentences into polite language sentences to make them more approachable to readers.
As the narrative changed to polite language, I also changed the words and speech to fit the tone that could come out of Scout's mouth.
Other changes that occurred included changing the way black people spoke from dialect to standard language, reviewing legal terminology, and changing Western weights and measures to the metric system.
The biggest change of all is that the translation has been reexamined.
We took readers' opinions into account and boldly revised any parts deemed to be mistranslations through careful comparison with the publisher's original text.
Press reviews and recommendations
A story of courage and conviction.
A work that tells us what kind of being humans are and what universal values we should share.
- Barack Obama
It's amazing.
The characters created by Harper Lee in this successful work are warm.
- The New York Times
A message of hope that the world is still a place worth living in, and the speed and power that overflows in life.
- Boston Herald
Thoughts, melodrama, criticism, laughter...
It is clever, careful, and overall honest and straightforward.
- New Yorker
I can't forget it.
Vivid.
It is full of dignified, persuasive humor and sublimity.
- Los Angeles Times
A book that changed the lives of Chicago residents! Under the leadership of city officials, a reading guide for this book was created and distributed, and study groups have been organized in libraries to engage in lively reading discussions.
- USA Today
Harper Lee created a surprisingly peaceful atmosphere in her Southern town.
To ingeniously unleash a lava of shocking emotions...
- San Francisco Examiner
To Kill a Mockingbird is a representative American novel.
- Oprah Winfrey
Few people write such a great novel as their first work.
Harper Lee is a writer with a vivid sense of life and a warm, honest humor.
To Kill a Mockingbird is a very touching and entertaining book that everyone will enjoy.
- Truman Capote
The moment I read this piece, I realized she was right and I was wrong.
- James Carville, former presidential campaign adviser to President Bill Clinton
Why "To Kill a Mockingbird" Has Been Read and Loved for Over Half a Century
In 2001, Chicago, USA launched the [One City, One Book] reading movement with the intention of encouraging reading among its citizens while solving the problem of racial discrimination, which was a major problem in the area at the time.
The first book selected for this project is Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.
The public library purchased 2,000 copies of To Kill a Mockingbird in English, Spanish, and Polish, distributed them to 79 of its libraries, and encouraged participation in reading discussions during Chicago Book Week in October.
As a result, it brought about a change in the citizens' awareness of the issue of discrimination against blacks, which was a major problem in Chicago at the time, and 'To Kill a Mockingbird' was evaluated as a work that dealt with universal themes that are connected not only to Chicago but also to the world today, leading to discussions on human prejudice, understanding, forgiveness, race, and gender.
In the United States, it was selected for 86 of the 2,220 reading programs implemented as of 2014, making it the most adopted book since the start of the [One City, One Book] reading movement.
The American Library Association stated that the criteria for selecting books for the [One City, One Book] reading campaign were [books with issues, characters, and themes that arouse strong interest to stimulate discussion].
Nancy Pearl, who proposed and led the [One City, One Book] movement, listed four conditions for a book that is good for discussion: first, the ending of the novel must be ambiguous; second, the protagonist must make a decision that affects the rest of his or her life; third, the author must try something unusual in the story structure of the novel; and fourth, the narrator must be unreliable.
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird has long been a favorite for the One City, One Book reading movement because it satisfies all four of the above criteria while also providing a wealth of topics for discussion.
Even in the United States, which has a history of abolishing slavery for 100 years and having a black president in the 21st century, there are still news stories that turn the world upside down every year.
They clearly distinguish between superiority and inferiority based solely on skin color and commit indiscriminate violence.
The problem of human rights violations caused by the mistake of [difference] and [error] is not limited to the United States.
The value judgment that divides differences in position into right and wrong, points a gun at them, and justifies the cause and effect by saying that it is due to [wrongness] is a phenomenon that can be easily found today, both between individuals in a narrow sense and between countries in a broad sense.
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee does not take sides or try to defend or protect anyone.
The narrator, also set as a young girl, can only observe the central events of the work through the eyes of a child, and so readers who have read the ending are conscious of the cries that stir in their hearts and the points of contention that emerge.
"To Kill a Mockingbird" expands the reader's role beyond that of a third party who merely reads and appreciates, to one where they can actively think and discuss.
The new interpretations and expanded perspectives gained through reading and sharing what we feel reach the ideal world that Harper Lee hoped for through Atticus in To Kill a Mockingbird, namely, "If you look closely, most people are wonderful and the world is a place worth living in."
A new translation, refined and rewritten to fit today's needs and using honorifics.
Professor Kim Wook-dong, who was in charge of the translation, practically translated the work anew while revising the manuscript of “Killing a Mockingbird” published by Open Books.
To use an analogy, it's not just about putting up new wallpaper and replacing the floorboards, it's like replacing the rafters and tearing down the walls.
Because the original translation had been on the market for over 10 years, we carefully reviewed the original text, reorganized the translation, and refined outdated expressions to fit modern times.
To Kill a Mockingbird, set in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, is a coming-of-age novel narrated by a six-year-old girl named Scout, who reminisces about her past.
So, after much deliberation, I decided to change the informal language sentences into polite language sentences to make them more approachable to readers.
As the narrative changed to polite language, I also changed the words and speech to fit the tone that could come out of Scout's mouth.
Other changes that occurred included changing the way black people spoke from dialect to standard language, reviewing legal terminology, and changing Western weights and measures to the metric system.
The biggest change of all is that the translation has been reexamined.
We took readers' opinions into account and boldly revised any parts deemed to be mistranslations through careful comparison with the publisher's original text.
Press reviews and recommendations
A story of courage and conviction.
A work that tells us what kind of being humans are and what universal values we should share.
- Barack Obama
It's amazing.
The characters created by Harper Lee in this successful work are warm.
- The New York Times
A message of hope that the world is still a place worth living in, and the speed and power that overflows in life.
- Boston Herald
Thoughts, melodrama, criticism, laughter...
It is clever, careful, and overall honest and straightforward.
- New Yorker
I can't forget it.
Vivid.
It is full of dignified, persuasive humor and sublimity.
- Los Angeles Times
A book that changed the lives of Chicago residents! Under the leadership of city officials, a reading guide for this book was created and distributed, and study groups have been organized in libraries to engage in lively reading discussions.
- USA Today
Harper Lee created a surprisingly peaceful atmosphere in her Southern town.
To ingeniously unleash a lava of shocking emotions...
- San Francisco Examiner
To Kill a Mockingbird is a representative American novel.
- Oprah Winfrey
Few people write such a great novel as their first work.
Harper Lee is a writer with a vivid sense of life and a warm, honest humor.
To Kill a Mockingbird is a very touching and entertaining book that everyone will enjoy.
- Truman Capote
The moment I read this piece, I realized she was right and I was wrong.
- James Carville, former presidential campaign adviser to President Bill Clinton
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: June 30, 2015
- Page count, weight, size: 544 pages | 544g | 128*188*35mm
- ISBN13: 9788932917207
- ISBN10: 8932917205
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