Fahrenheit 451--the temperature at which book paper catches fire, and burns ...
mass market paperback, 179 orrialde
English hizkuntza
1988ko urt. 1a(e)an Del Rey / Ballantine Books(e)n argitaratua.
Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to start fires...
The system was simple. Everyone understood it. Books were for burning...along with the houses in which they were hidden.
Guy Montag enjoyed his job. He had been a fireman for ten years, and he had never questioned the pleasure of the midnight runs nor the joy of watching pages consumed by flames...never questioned anything until he met a seventeen-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid.
Then he met a professor who told him of a future in which people could think...and Guy Montag suddenly realized what he had to do! --back cover
An excellent book with a mediocre ending. I think if Ray had just left out the parts well after the river, it would have been a top-notch book. As-is the ending makes the whole thing fall kind of flat. That being said, the book is so good before that part, that I suggest you read it anyway. Loads of great reflections on humanity in there.
A slog. The idea I get, but ugh. I hated the writing style, the way it progressed. I just did not like much of this book at all. Which is probably why I recall nothing about it from high school when I first read it 3x years ago.
I had read this book a long time ago and remembered it as a difficult read - my english was not quite on the same level as it is today. When re-reading it now i was blown away. An amazing story paired with wonderful storytelling. After reading "boring" contemporary novels this was delightfully refreshing
É uma distopia clássica, li há muito tempo mas lembro de não ter achado tão envolvente quanto as primas mais famosas (1984 e Admirável Mundo Novo). Recomendo o conto "Bright Phoenix" que inspirou o livro (é curtinho e achei melhor que o livro).
