Category - Fiction / Social Science
Format - Paperback
Condition - New
Listed - 7 days ago
Est. Publication Date - Jan 2012
Seller Description
Nearly seventy years after its original publication, Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 stands as a classic of world literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Today its message has grown more relevant than ever before. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television “family.” But when he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn’t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known.
Additional Information
Fahrenheit 451: A Novel
ISBN: 9781451673319
Publisher Description
A totalitarian regime has ordered all books to be destroyed, but one of the book burners suddenly realizes their merit, in a chilling novel of a frightening near-future world.
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PangoBooks readers have mixed opinions about this book. Many consider it a classic and essential reading, praising its thought-provoking themes on censorship, knowledge vs. ignorance, and its foresight into a dystopian future where intellectual engagement is diminished. Some readers find the storyline comparable to "1984" and note its relevance to modern society's declining engagement with literature and the arts. However, there are criticisms as well, especially regarding the portrayal of characters and the apparent sexism, which detracts from the experience for some readers. Overall, while the book is celebrated for its imaginative and critical perspective, it also raises controversy over its dated social views.