Fahrenheit 451

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Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451 (Hardcover, 1967, Simon and Schuster)

Hardcover, 191 pages

English language

Published Oct. 6, 1967 by Simon and Schuster.

OCLC Number:
7050586

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From the front and back flaps:

Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which book paper burns. Fahrenheit 451 - published originally in 1953 and probably Ray Bradbury's most famous work - is a short novel set in the (perhaps near) future when "firemen" burn books forbidden by the totalitarian "brave new world" regime. The hero - as Mr. Bradbury writes in his new Introduction - 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 are once more burning across the world, Fahrenheit 451 is a work of even greater impact and timeliness.

Included in this re-publication are two of Mr. Bradbury's finest stories, "And the Rock Cried Out" and "The Playground." Fahrenheit 451 itself has, of course, been recently made into a film by Francois Truffaut.

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Los libros son libres y nosotros también

Imagino que este libro es amado o detestado. Es una obra que genera sentimientos extremos, al menos esa es la sensación que tengo. Hubo varios momentos (sobre todo en el 1/3) en que las frases parecían tener consistencia, como si fueran objetos contundentes que te golpean la cabeza para hacerte despertar. Eso es lo que le ocurre a su protagonista: despierta cuando se cruza con una chica de mente curiosa y espíritu creativo, alguien que piensa por sí mismo y no es una oveja dentro de un gran rebaño.

Las ideas en conjunto de este libro me resultan escalofriantes por dos motivos:

1) parece reflejar la situación actual en EEUU.

2) me representa a mí misma.

En el siglo veintiuno se sigue eliminando libros por medio de la censura. Como amante de la lectura eso me duele, porque yo decido si quiero leer o no un …

Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore.

There are so many quotes that I have taken away from this book and that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. I think one of the main (or, most impactful) ones is 'if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore' - such a beautiful way of saying die doing what's right. It reminds me of the quote from Stéphane Charbonnier who stated, 'I'd rather die standing than live on my knees' (he was later killed by Islamic terrorists who did not agree with the viewpoints he published). I know that many people reading this review might argue that I should have read this book earlier in my life (and they're likely right) but I want to attempt to rebut this by saying that I think, if I were to read Fahrenheit 451 at any younger age, I might not have been …

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Subjects

  • State-sponsored terrorism -- Fiction
  • Totalitarianism -- Fiction
  • Book burning -- Fiction
  • Censorship -- Fiction