Avem Occidere Mimicam (Hardback)

To Kill A Mockingbird Translated into Latin

Harper Lee

Discover one of the world's great novels while you learn Latin.

A classic of race and class conflict in the Deep South of 1930's America, To Kill A Mockingbird is as powerfully resonant today as when it was first published in the 1960's. An important and engaging book for students for decades, To Kill A Mockingbird is an excellent way in for those wishing to learn Latin and this translation revives the language for contemporary readers.

Atticus Finch defends a black man charged with the rape of a white girl, while we see the world of the American South in the 1930s through the innocent eyes of Scout and Jem Finch. In understanding the racial injustice of her town, Scout gains a new awareness of kindness and cruelty and leaves her childhood behind.

Andrew Wilson's translation is suitable for students of any ability. His use of Latin vocabulary reflects the subtlety of Harper Lee's writing while providing an exciting new way to learn the language.

Publication date: 19/09/2019

£16.99

ISBN: 9780285643864

Imprint: Souvenir Press

Subject: Arts, Language & Literature

Translator: Andrew Wilson

Avem Occidere Mimicam (Ebook)

To Kill A Mockingbird Translated into Latin

Harper Lee

Discover one of the world's great novels while you learn Latin.

A classic of race and class conflict in the Deep South of 1930's America, To Kill A Mockingbird is as powerfully resonant today as when it was first published in the 1960's. An important and engaging book for students for decades, To Kill A Mockingbird is an excellent way in for those wishing to learn Latin and this translation revives the language for contemporary readers.

Atticus Finch defends a black man charged with the rape of a white girl, while we see the world of the American South in the 1930s through the innocent eyes of Scout and Jem Finch. In understanding the racial injustice of her town, Scout gains a new awareness of kindness and cruelty and leaves her childhood behind.

Andrew Wilson's translation is suitable for students of any ability. His use of Latin vocabulary reflects the subtlety of Harper Lee's writing while providing an exciting new way to learn the language.

Publication date: 19/09/2019

£8.99

ISBN: 9781782836353

ISBN 10 / ASIN: B07XPD7CN9

Imprint: Souvenir Press

Subject: Arts, Language & Literature

Translator: Andrew Wilson

Reviews for Avem Occidere Mimicam

'Someone rare has written this very fine novel, a writer with the liveliest sense of life and the warmest, most authentic humour. A touching book; and so funny, so likeable.'

Truman Capote (on To Kill A Mockingbird)

'There is humour as well as tragedy in this book, besides its faint note of hope for human nature; and it is delightfully written.'

Sunday Times (on To Kill A Mockingbird)

'On nearly every page there is some felicity of composition to be admired, some turn of phrase that arouses admiration for the translator. In its entirety, it is an extraordinary work - it is a wonderfully good read.'

Theodore Brennan, Professor of Philosophy and Classics, Cornell University (on Andrew Wilson's translation of Harry Potter)

'There is actually a substantial body of evidence that children who study Latin outperform their peers when it comes to reading, reading comprehension and vocabulary.'

Toby Young Spectator

Harper Lee

Harper Lee

Nelle Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. She attended Huntington College and studied law at the University of Alabama. She is the author of the acclaimed novels To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and numerous other literary awards and honours. She died on 19 February 2016.