O SOL É PARA TODOS

One of the greatest classics of world literature. O sol é para todos (To Kill a Mockingbird) won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and inspired the eponymous film, which won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1962. First published in 1960, it still sells over a million copies a year in English. An enduring story about tolerance, loss of innocence, and the concept of justice.
Set in the racially charged American South of the 1930s, this moving story is told through the eyes of a bright and questioning young girl, as her father, a local lawyer, risks everything to defend a Black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime.
A story about race and class, innocence and justice, hypocrisy and heroism, tradition and change, O sol é para todos remains as important today as it was when first published in 1960, during the turbulent years of the civil rights movement in the United States.
Considered one of the most important American novels of the 20th century, O sol é para todos surprises with the relevance of its plot and style. The unfortunate persistence of its theme — racism — runs through the narrative of Scout, a sensitive child and daughter of lawyer Atticus Finch, who defends a Black man accused of raping a white woman in Maycomb, a small town in Alabama, in the early 1930s. The feelings surrounding Scout’s family and town — since Atticus took on the notorious case — are familiar: racial and social prejudice, complacency in the face of injustice, and pure malice distilled through ordinary family and social relationships. Despite the raw humanity of these characters, Scout views reality with the fresh eyes of a child and tells her story, leaving an unlikely trace of hope.
Scout narrates life in a quiet rural setting, summer vacations with her brother Jem and their best friend Dill, curiosity about neighbors, invented pranks, school adventures, and family life.
This collection of small episodes transports us to a seemingly peaceful place. However, this supposed calm turns to despair when we witness the reaction of Maycomb’s residents to the accusation against Tom Robinson.
The impact and ongoing relevance of O sol é para todos has placed it on dozens of lists and surveys, being chosen by the Library Journal as the best novel of the 20th century and elected by Modern Library readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels since 1900. It appeared for the first time on a 2006 librarian-made list as a book everyone should read before they die, second only to the Bible. A modern classic that continues to move both young and adult readers.
 
This is a translation of the book originally titled To Kill a Mockingbird