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Celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of this timeless classic with a special edition featuring a new introduction by the author and a message that is more relevant today than when it was first published. Since the late 1940s, Ray Bradbury has been revered for his works of science fiction and fantasy. With more than five million copies in print, Fahrenheit 451 -- originally published in 1953 -- remains his most acclaimed work.
Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which book paper burns. Fahrenheit 451 is a novel set in the (perhaps near) future when "firemen" burn books forbidden by a totalitarian "brave new world" regime. The hero, according to Mr. Bradbury, is "a book burner who suddenly discovers that books are flesh-and-blood ideas and cry out silently when put to the torch." Today, when libraries and schools in this country and all over the world are still "burning" certain books, Fahrenheit 451 remains a brilliantly readable and suspenseful work of even greater impact and timeliness.
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- ISBN-10: 0743247221
- ISBN-13: 9780743247221
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Pub date: Sep 23, 2003
- Dimensions: 22 cm x 16 cm x 2 cm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Library Binding, School & Library Binding, Unbound and Others
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Voto: 7.5/10
L’ho riletto a distanza di molti anni, e stavolta in inglese. Non me lo ricordavo scritto cosi’ bene.
Impressionanti le descrizioni della TV, e della guerra: scritte quasi sessant’anni fa, sono risultate assolutamente profetiche.
La cosa che più mi ha colpito, e che ... Continue
Voto: 7.5/10
L’ho riletto a distanza di molti anni, e stavolta in inglese. Non me lo ricordavo scritto cosi’ bene.
Impressionanti le descrizioni della TV, e della guerra: scritte quasi sessant’anni fa, sono risultate assolutamente profetiche.
La cosa che più mi ha colpito, e che non ricordavo, è il perché si è smesso di leggere: non fu il governo a proibire la lettura contro la volontà dei cittadini. Al contrario: furono i cittadini a smettere di leggere, a rifiutare le difficoltà e le domande insite nei libri, e ad applaudire ai primi roghi.
Da rifletterci un bel po’ su.
This is a fabulous book. I have read it twice and loaned it out many times. I have yet to meet the person who dislikes it.
50th Anniversary Edition
Another interesting "futuristic" novel that has its timeless value. It is all about media control. People is imposed with the selective knowledge to deprive their thinking.
If you like "the giver" and "1984" you'll get this book. Not as good as those two, but the same concept. This is in a time where firemen burn books to keep people under control. They don't have anything else to burn since everything is fireproof.
I think that everyone should read this book at least once. If not, several times. This is in my top 5 favorite books of all-time!