Matar a un ruisenor (To Kill a Mockingbird - Spanish Edition)

Escrito por Harper Lee

Narrado por Adriana Sananes

El consejo de un abogado a sus hijos mientras él defiende el verdadero ruiseñor de la novela clásica de Harper Lee —un hombre negro acusado de violar a una niña blanca. A través de los ojos de Jem y Scout Finch, Harper Lee explora con humor y honestidad inquebrantable la irracionalidad de la actitud de los adultos hacia la raza y la clase en las profundidades del sur en la década de 1930. La conciencia de una ciudad impregnada de prejuicios, violencia e hipocresía se enfrenta con la resistencia y heroísmo silencioso de la lucha de un hombre por la justicia, pero el peso de la historia no tolera más allá de su límite. Uno de los clásicos más queridos de todos los tiempos, Matar a un ruiseñor ha ganado muchas distinciones desde su publicación original en 1960. Ha ganado el Premio Pulitzer, ha sido traducido a más de cuarenta idiomas, vendió más de cuarenta millones de copias en todo el mundo, y se han convertido en una popular película. También se nombró como la mejor novela del siglo XX por los bibliotecarios de todo el país (Library Journal). Compasivo, dramático y muy emotivo, Matar a un ruiseñor en esta nueva y moderna traducción lleva a los lectores a las raíces de la conducta humana, a la inocencia y experiencia, a la bondad y crueldad, al amor y odio, humor y patetismo.

• Idioma: Español
• Editorial: HarperCollins
• Fecha de lanzamiento: 30 jun 2015
• ISBN: 9780718076825

Harper Lee

Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. She is the author of the acclaimed To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman, which became a phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller when it was published in July 2015. Ms. Lee received the Pulitzer Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and numerous other literary awards and honors. She died on February 19, 2016.

Comentarios para Matar a un ruisenor (To Kill a Mockingbird - Spanish Edition)

[Didiblog · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

Me gustó la historia. Tenia una idea de lo que iba a encontrar pero asi y todo estuvo bien. Tendria que ver la pelicula.

[abraham Suarez · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Es perfecto para los estudiantes de derecho, se pueden hacer una idea sobre el derecho y la actitud humana

[oregonobsessionz · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Not much I can say about this book that others haven't already covered. I grew up in a rural area that was pretty much white. Reading this book as a young teenager was overwhelming. It was the first time I had any awareness at all of race issues. I have reread it more times than I can count.

[howifeelaboutbooks · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Lee has this style of writing that is so Southern, but so...not. I can't describe how she makes you feel like you're in the South without depending on the dialect. You can feel the slow pace and the dusty roads, you can hear the neighbors gossiping on the porch and lowering their voices to whispers as you walk by. She accomplishes all this and more without employing an excessive amount of y'alls, ya hears, ain'ts, and other Southern phrases that are often overused to try and set the scene.

And the characters, wow. I fell head over heels for Atticus. So smart and reserved, a good father, an honest man. Jem is a really realistic pre-teen boy, if I remember my brother at that age. Scout is the typical tomboy, trying to hold on to her brother as long as she can, if I remember me at that age. Scout reminds me of Ramona Quimby, and for a long time I wanted to be each of them. Good role models.

I think it also says something about the characters and the writing (as much as the power of the story itself) that I could read it and still feel the punch in certain scenes, still cry in certain scenes, still get my hopes up, even though I already knew what was going to happen. This is a novel where the fun is in reading it, not knowing it. It's timeless.

[nospi-2 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Not enough superlatives in the English language for this book and Sissy Spacek's audible narration.

[jmlibrarian · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Scout Finch is our female Tom Sawyer or Huck Finn--she's THE spunky, gutsy princess of American literature, and I'd like to see someone try and take her crown. Whatever you've heard about this book that's glowingly admiring is true, and then some. It is entirely without shortcomings and eminently deserving of its reputation. I could not find a flaw from cover to cover.

[jlharmon · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

I'm glad Ms. Eckart made me read this sophomore year of high school, but reading it after college was so much better. In class, before we started the book, we had a discussion about what makes it so that someone is acquitted before a jury. I said "if they're innocent", which I still believe. If someone is NOT innocent (and there's evidence, witnesses etc.) it will be more difficult to uphold their innocence. To Kill a Mockingbird cracked some of that idealism, but really, we HAVE taken a few steps as a nation towards equality, as many more as there are left to take. The issue/theme of justice is something our country needs to work on, but it's also something I need to work on.

There were a lot of parts of this story that I had no recollection of, like the Mrs. Dubose breaking her addiction plot. I'm still thinking about what this "means", but the first thing that struck me was how Jem ans Scout treat people based on their opinions of the people in their town, whether those opinions are accurate or not. Which is just what people did to Tom Robinson. What opinions of people do I hold that aren't accurate? Have it wronged someone without knowing all the facts? At the very least, this should make me a more patient driver.

I think quite a bit of the book went over my head. The dialogue was almost unintelligible sometimes; it took me about 5 repetitions to figure out that "Nome" means "no ma'am". And there are just some aspects of Southern culture that I will just never understand as a liberal Californian born in the 90s. I hope this book continues to be read, because as much as I didn't understand, it did give me a glimpse into a different culture. And that little glimpse is better than nothing when it comes to imagining other people complexly.

[msaucier818 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

This is one of those books that I did not enjoy reading at all when I was in high school. It was a book forced on me at a time when I had little desire to slowy sift through a book and absorb its characters and meaning. I picked the book up for a second time a few years back and I was amazed at how much better it had become!

This is now one of my favorite books and one I am glad high school students contine to read today. The story is a timeless classic and I don't blame Harper Lee for writing nothing else is this would be hard to improve upon. It touches on a wide range of emotions and the story could have taken place in any hometown in America. I encourage all to reread this classic or pick it up for the first time.

[lilk_1 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

"I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks." ~Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird "Inspiring Novel"The story takes place during three years of the Great Depression in the fictional "tired old town" of Maycomb, Alabama. The narrator, six-year-old Scout Finch, lives with her older brother Jem and their widowed father Atticus, a middle-aged lawyer. Jem and Scout befriend a boy named Dill who visits Maycomb to stay with his aunt for the summer. The three children are terrified of, and fascinated by, their neighbor, the reclusive "Boo" Radley. The adults of Maycomb are hesitant to talk about Boo and, for many years, few have seen him. The children feed each other's imagination with rumors about his appearance and reasons for remaining hidden, and they fantasize about how to get him out of his house. Following two summers of friendship with Dill, Scout and Jem find that someone is leaving them small gifts in a tree outside the Radley place. Several times, the mysterious Boo makes gestures of affection to the children, but, to their disappointment, never appears in person.Atticus is appointed by the court to defend a black man named Tom Robinson, who has been accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a young white woman. Although many of Maycomb's citizens disapprove, Atticus agrees to defend Tom to the best of his ability. Other children taunt Jem and Scout for Atticus' actions, calling him a "nigger-lover". Scout is tempted to stand up for her father's honor by fighting, even though he has told her not to. For his part, Atticus faces a group of men intent on lynching Tom. This danger is averted when Scout, Jem, and Dill shame the mob into dispersing by forcing them to view the situation from Atticus' and Tom's points of view.Because Atticus does not want them to be present at Tom Robinson's trial, Scout, Jem, and Dill watch in secret from the colored balcony. Atticus establishes that the accusers?Mayella and her father, Bob Ewell, the town drunk?are lying. It also becomes clear that the friendless Mayella was making sexual advances towards Tom and her father caught her in the act. Despite significant evidence of Tom's innocence, the jury convicts him. Jem's faith in justice is badly shaken, as is Atticus', when a hopeless Tom is shot and killed while trying to escape from prison.Humiliated by the trial, Bob Ewell vows revenge. He spits in Atticus' face on the street, tries to break into the presiding judge's house, and menaces Tom Robinson's widow. Finally, he attacks the defenseless Jem and Scout as they walk home from the school Halloween pageant. Jem's arm is broken in the struggle, but amid the confusion, someone comes to the children's rescue. The mysterious man carries Jem home, where Scout realizes that he is the reclusive Boo Radley.Maycomb's sheriff arrives and discovers that Bob Ewell has been killed in the struggle. The sheriff argues with Atticus about the prudence and ethics of holding Jem or Boo responsible. Atticus eventually accepts the sheriff's story that Ewell simply fell on his own knife. Boo asks Scout to walk him home, and after she says goodbye to him at his front door, he disappears again. While standing on the Radley porch, Scout imagines life from Boo's perspective and regrets that they never repaid him for the gifts he had given them.The novel is renowned for its warmth and humor, despite dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality. The narrator's father, Atticus Finch, has served as a moral hero for many readers and as a model of integrity for lawyers. One critic explains the novel's impact by writing, "In the twentieth century, To Kill a Mockingbird is probably the most widely read book dealing with race in America, and its protagonist, Atticus Finch, the most enduring fictional image of racial heroism. Discrimination There is so much we can all learn from "To Kill a Mocking Bird," but will we? Harper Lee out did herself with this book and it's very sad that she did not continue with other writings. This only goes to show that there's so much to learn from the mouth of babes.I very much enjoyed reading "To Kill a Mocking Bird" by Harper Lee and can agree that everyone should read it at any time during their life and maybe read it again and again. It gives such a strong message of the racial indifference in the world from the past to the present. Like little Scout Finch said: "I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks." ~Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird "We should have learnt by not that laws and court decisions can only point the way. They can establish criteria of right and wrong. And they can provide a basis for rooting out the evils of bigotry and racism. But they cannot wipe away centuries of oppression and injustice ? however much we might desire it." Hubert H. Humphrey

[liveandrew · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

My review is the fact that I try to read this book once a year. Enough said.

[kale.dyer · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

Read this book in highschool, remember feeling very strongly how unfair the whole situation seemed. Love the law scenes and the feel of the novel.

[melopher_1 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

What an amazing book. Heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time. The writing is exquisite, with a surprising amount of depth. There are so many layers to this book, which makes it highly re-readable. Also very easy to read for the amount of insight. Oh, and a great story too!

[nu5bibliophile · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

I haven't read this book since I was in high school and that was over a decade ago. I love this book so much. I think this novel is a jewel to be part of the American Literature History. This novel is truly a gift to those who call themselves bookworms.

[petroglyph_1 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

This was fairly light-hearted, and surprisingly so. I knew practically nothing about this book going in, though pop-cultural osmosis had led me to believe that this was a moody and sombre book in the line of The catcher in the rye or Lord of the flies, only with more moralizing. I was wrong: To kill a mockingbird turned out to be much cuter than either of those. I really liked it: it dealt with heavy issues calmly and accessibly, and between reading sessions I was especially looking forward to returning to the narrator’s voice -- she’s adorable! The goody-goody characters were suitably muted, the bad guys were suitably humanized; and all were contextualized and portrayed, not as characters in a moralizing tale (the tomboy with something to prove, the uneducated hick, the saintly bedrock of moral certainty), but real people. It also featured some tropes I like -- the mysterious and unseen neighbour, a courtroom trial, the contrast between a child’s perspective and adult reality. The more I think about it, the more I realize that there isn’t really anything that I’d say is wrong with this book -- I can’t think of a single thing I’d want to be different. I wouldn’t go so far as saying that this is one of my favourite books, but it’s definitely one of those books that does everything right. To kill a mockingbird is simply perfect the way it is!

[akl168 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

"...there's just one kind of folks. Folks." - Scout. Words everyone should live by. This is truly a classic, and I'm glad my kids are reading it now, as I did a long time ago.

[dickcraig · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

I read this book while on a trip to St. Martin. I just loved it.

[deathbykleenex · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

To Kill a Mockingbird is one of those classics that unequivocally deserve to be called “classic”. It’s one of the few middle- or high-school required reading books that absolutely deserves its place in the curriculum.

[sherton_1 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

One of my all time favorite novels which I first read in high school. Who could ever forget Atticus, Scout, Jem and Boo Radley?

[laurensx · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

What a wonderfully, intelligent book! Truly a challenge to the hearts of all mankind. Atticus Finch as to be one of the most remarkable characters ever written. He is thoughtful, kind, and a man of incredible moral character. I love the fact that he raises two children to be independent thinkers and allows them to understand the world through their own eyes and thoughts. Harper Lee was incredibly brave to have written such a novel, especially during the time in which she constructed this story. Her insight into race relations still resonates today!

[mermaidatheart · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

I first read To Kill a Mockingbird around age 12, and read it again this summer in anticipation of Go Set a Watchman. I'm not going to say I appreciated it more as an adult--I remember really loving it the first time around too--but I'll certainly say I appreciated it differently and if I'm honest, probably more deeply. If you haven't re-read it yet as a grown person you really ought to.

[ca8bookwyrm · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

IMO, this is a classic but not a keeper. I'm glad to have read it. But having done so, I'm now done with it. It's a fascinating character study. It's a good picture of a point in American history. But do I love it? No. Did it shock me? No. In some ways it didn't even interest me. I am glad a plot finally showed up toward the end, but its pacing and hard-to-locate plot activity did remind me of other classic books (Tom Sawyer, Jane Austen novels, etc) where the characters are the focus instead of the actual events.Yes, yes, there was a plot and wasn't it shocking that the trial was racially prejudiced and the white lawyer was treated poorly by some of the townsfolk for defending the black man. Meh. I live in the US. I know how my countrymen are. Frankly, if anything, I'm a little surprised at HOW Tom died, not that he did. I fully expected a lynching.Is this a classic book? Yes.Is it worth reading? Yes.Do I like it? No, but neither do I dislike it.It has some neat descriptions, and some good concepts, but it isn't worth the hype it gets. If you haven't read it, you probably should. It's good. It's worth reading. But I'm glad I read a library copy.(Side note: I listened to the audio version narrated by Sissy Spacek. I'm glad I did. I think it would have been a slog to read on my own, and I may have DNF'd it due to boredom with the slow pacing.)

[greymowser · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Great book and I also liked the movie too.

[asawyer_21 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

An enduring classic.

[bookconcierge · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Audio book narrated by Sissy Spacek5***** and a ❤ Is this the quintessential American Novel? Will it stand the test of time as Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has done? Time will tell.I do know this, however. This is a singularly powerful novel that had a great impact on me when I first read it at age 13 (shortly after it was first published), and has never failed to move and inspire me as I’ve re-read it over the years (at least 20 times by now). It has touched generations of readers in the 50-something years since it was first released, and remains high on many “must be read” lists.There are many reasons for this. It’s a well-paced novel, a fast read with elements of suspense, family drama, humor and moral lessons. Scout is a wonderful narrator, both as a child and as an adult looking back on her childhood; and the fact that Lee was able to seamlessly move between these two viewpoints is a testament to her skill as a writer. Many people feel this is a book about racism. I don’t think that is the core theme of the book, though it is the central plot device Lee uses. I think the major theme of the novel is personal integrity and courage – doing what you know is right when all about you seemingly disagree and even when it may be dangerous to do so, being true to your own moral compass, and instilling those values in your children by example not just words. In this respect Atticus Finch shines as the protagonist of this work. He is a man of strong moral fiber, a man who is “the same in his house as he is on the public street,” a man “who was born to do our unpleasant jobs for us.” He embodies the lessons he tries to impart to his children: that courage is not a man with a gun in his hands but rather, “It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.”The novel aims a spotlight on a particular time and place in America’s history. Lee writes with clarity and colors this world for the reader with descriptions that put us squarely in Maycomb, Alabama circa 1935: Somehow it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to Hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. Men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon, after their three-o’clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum.”The minor characters, especially the women, are as richly drawn as the major players. I was struck by what a wide range of personalities, strengths, weaknesses and ethics Lee was able to express using characters such as Calpurnia, Aunt Alexandra, Helen Robinson, Mrs Merriweather, Lula, Miss Maudie, Mrs Dubose, Miss Caroline and Mayella Ewell. Some of them appear for only a page or two, but they come alive on the page and remain in the reader’s memories.The audio book is performed by Academy-Award-winning actress Sissy Spacek. She does an admirable job, though her accent is wrong. She is a Texan, and the Southern Alabama accent is softer then her twang. Still, by the second disc I had stopped noticing this, and allowed myself to be carried into the story by her expert reading. *******NOTE: The above is a fresh re-write in July 2015; compiled from notes I’ve taken over several re-reads: May 1998, July 2004, 14Aug2010, 22Oct2011, 07July 2013, 13July 2015

[grlintrrptdrdng · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

I decided to reread To Kill A Mockingbird to prepare for Go Set A Watchman, making this my fourth time reading it, and I love it more than ever. It?s a classic for a reason and teaches an important lesson that still needs to be taught today. The first time I read it I didn?t finish it. I was in high school, I didn?t care for reading and the teacher didn?t talk about what we were reading. I read it on my own in college and loved it. The characters are well defined, Scout and Jem are children and naive while these events are going on, they don?t understand everything, but notice when people are hypocrites or when they feel something isn?t right. The go to each other, Calpurnia or their father when they notice these things. Calpurnia is raising them right by teaching them how to treat all people. Atticus is wise and stands up for what he believes in, I know his character seems unrealistic, but I hope there were people really like him in the south during that time. The other characters are just as well written as the main characters, you understand where everyone is coming from and why they do what they do. The plot all comes together nicely from Tom Robinson to Boo Radley. The book takes on people?s judgements on others being completely wrong and harmful. Boo Radley was feared because people didn?t understand him or why he stayed shut in, yet he saved Jem and Scout. Tom Robinson was killed because he was black and even though the Ewell?s were proved to be lying, he was found guilty since he was black and the Ewells were white and because Tom knew he didn?t have a chance in the white court system he tried to escape and was killed. It?s a lesson that stands the test of time, in an unfortunate way, we still have problems with racism and misconceptions about people who are different than ourselves. It?s kind of sad To Kill A Mockingbird is still so relevant.

[tess_schoolmarm · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

I was forced to read this book in high school and I hated it. Now, 40 years later an English teacher friend of mine insisted that I read it again as it is her favorite book. She even bought me a new copy. I did so and I thoroughly enjoyed it the second time around. I loved everything from the very subtle dry humor to the beautiful and oft used vocabulary. This is a book about honor, prejudice, and standing for what is right--timeless themes, which may well be lost on youth--as it was on me.

[quaintlittlehead · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

This is one of the great "must read in school" classics that I missed somewhere along the way. I admit that with all of the hype surrounding this book, I was initially disappointed. While the story is ostensibly retold as a reminiscence of a more adult Scout, you quickly forget that that's what you're reading and feel as if you're seeing the world through the eyes of young Scout, except that the language is far too florid to be believable from the mouth of such a young girl. The writing style seemed to be trying so hard to be literary that I found it very difficult to overlook it and to just enjoy the unfolding of the plot; I actually found myself thinking, "well, this is so contrived, I'm glad it's the only book Harper Lee ever wrote." The climax also wraps up rather quickly and with far less suspense than one might expect, though I appreciated that the result of Atticus' great trial was at least realistic. So what saves this book? Appropriately, one Boo Radley. While this novel is touted and remembered as a great work exposing racist prejudices and championing civil rights, you don't hear nearly as much mention of the role of this character in the story. Without him, the Finch family could easily be seen as another holier-than-thou set of white characters who preach the only gospel that can possibly be seen as morally right. With him, those same characters' prejudices towards and ignorance of the disabled and misunderstood of society is exposed, teaching the irony that when we think we are great people for our love towards somebody that others hate, we are very likely completely forgetting about some other people entirely. Our lives are in fact quite full of mockingbirds whose songs we never hear, whom we neglect every day. This book reminds us of the dignity of forgotten people--both the ones who cry aloud and the ones who hide in the tree.

[ireadthereforeiam · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

It was great to approach this book without having prior knowledge of its content. It was as fresh as it could be when I began reading it.Atticus Finch is the hero of this book, and about him revolve the lives of his 2 children. Scout- a tomboy with a strong sense of right and wrong, and Jem her older brother, who is learning to fit in to the adult world and not liking what he sees. It is through Scouts eyes that we see the world, and her mature perspective let us get both quite adult insights along with the innocent and sweet musings that are universal to children.The first half is all about growing up, long summers hanging out, new classrooms at school, negotiating parental boundaries and getting into mischief, the chief source of which is curiosity. It is a real immersion into the kids' lives, and feels so real. The second half is all about the trial of a local black man. It is about the injustice and the ingrained prejudices a society holds. It is about a lot of things. It is a smart and sensitive story, and told so well. I very much liked it.

[scott_hercher · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Explains a lot more than the movie, which is also great.

[salsabrarian · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

Narrated by Sissy Spacek. Revisited this after reading it in junior high and in advance of her new book coming out. Even accounting for the period when the novel is set, it's cringe-inducing today to hear all the N-words, negative perceptions of blacks, and Scout's observation of a church smelling of "clean Negroes." Arghh. But I do see how this novel has endured, due to its themes of injustice and civil rights, and Atticus at its center as a stalwart figure. Spacek reads with an easy pace suited to small-town Southern life and her accent enlivens every character.