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Fahrenheit 451

By Ray Bradbury, Alfredo Crespo (Translator)

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| Mass Market Paperback | 9788497930055

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Fahrenheit 451 cuenta la historia de un sombrío y horroroso futuro. Montag, el protagonista, pertenece a una extraña brigada de bomberos cuya misión, paradójicamente, no es la de sofocar incendios sino la de provocarlos para quemar libros. Porque en el país de Montag está terminantemente prohContinue

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Recensione libro "Fahrenheit 451″

Prezzo: € 8,50 Di che cosa parla “Fahrenheit 451” di Ray Bradbury “Fahrenheit 451” è ambientato in un futuro indefinito, ed è la storia di Guy Montag, pompiere di professione. Nel futuro descritto da Ray Bradbury però, i pompieri non sono quelli che ... (read full critics)

recensionelibro published on Fri, 17 Feb 2012

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Given my left-wing dispositions, it's a surprise that I haven't read Fahrenheit 451 yet. But the chance has finally arrived, as a copy was given to me. There are things to be said about this book, and some are good and some are bad. Well, for one thi ... (read full critics)

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Something is missing

There's a quote in the book that says: "we have everything we need to be happy but we are not happy. Something is missing" And that's the whole point of the novel, exploring what's missing and why it matters.
For me this is not a book, this is THE BOOK.
As dystopias go, it's not perhaps the most tw ... (continue)

There's a quote in the book that says: "we have everything we need to be happy but we are not happy. Something is missing" And that's the whole point of the novel, exploring what's missing and why it matters.
For me this is not a book, this is THE BOOK.
As dystopias go, it's not perhaps the most twisted or sickening of them all, but it's definitely one of the scariest. A world with no emotions, no interactions and no books. Books make people think, thinking will make you sad. Being sad is bad, so books are bad. I don't think I've ever read a more perverse reasoning.
Perhaps what's so thrilling and scaring about that not-so-distant-yet-undefined future is that we can see our society going towards it head first.
Bradbury's prose, as always, is full of poetry and beauty and even in the worst moments he is willing to give us a hint that not everything is lost, not forever. Perhaps that's why I like this book over the rest of dystopias out there. Because at the end, Mr. Bradbury gives us hope. A better future will come, some day. All the anguish, all the terror and the pain won't be worthless after all.
For me it's the better book I've ever read.It's a presuntuous assumption, I know, but I can't help to love everypage of it every time I read it.

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