Fahrenheit 451 is a 1953 dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury. Often regarded as one of his best works, the novel presents a future American society where books are outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found. The book's tagline explains the title as "'the temperature at which book …
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Fahrenheit 451 is a 1953 dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury. Often regarded as one of his best works, the novel presents a future American society where books are outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found. The book's tagline explains the title as "'the temperature at which book paper catches fire, and burns": the autoignition temperature of paper. The lead character, Guy Montag, is a fireman who becomes disillusioned with his role of censoring literature and destroying knowledge, eventually quitting his job and committing himself to the preservation of literary and cultural writings.
The novel has been the subject of interpretations focusing on the historical role of book burning in suppressing dissenting ideas for change. In a 1956 radio interview, Bradbury said that he wrote Fahrenheit 451 because of his concerns at the time (during the McCarthy era) about the threat of book burning in the United States. In later years, he described the book as a commentary on how mass media reduces interest in reading literature.
In 1954, Fahrenheit 451 won the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature and the Commonwealth Club of California Gold Medal. It later won the Prometheus "Hall of Fame" Award in 1984 and a "Retro" Hugo Award, one of a limited number of Best Novel Retro Hugos ever given, in 2004. Bradbury was honored with a Spoken Word Grammy nomination for his 1976 audiobook version.
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- LibraryThing key:
- 4248
- GoodReads:
- 304023
- BNF ID:
- 150707007
Ediciones de Fahrenheit 451
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Fahrenheit 451
176 páginas
Idioma English
Publicado el 1 de mayo de 2012
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4516-9031-6¡ISBN copiado!
Fahrenheit 451
paperback, 158 páginas
Publicado el 14 de junio de 1970 por Corgi.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-552-07654-8¡ISBN copiado!
Fahrenheit 451
Idioma English
Publicado el 6 de febrero de 2013
- ISBN:
- 978-0-00-749696-9¡ISBN copiado!
Fahrenheit 451
174 páginas
Publicado el 30 de mayo de 1993 por Plaza & Janes Editores, S.A..
- ISBN:
- 978-84-01-42282-9¡ISBN copiado!
Fahrenheit 451
mass market paperback, 184 páginas
Publicado el 26 de junio de 1987 por Del Rey.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-345-34200-3¡ISBN copiado!
Fahrenheit 451 (Spanish Edition) /
176 páginas
Publicado el 2 de julio de 2019 por Debolsillo.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-64473-053-9¡ISBN copiado!
華氏451度
Epub
Idioma Chinese
Publicado el 6 de agosto de 2013 por 汪達數位出版公司.
- ISBN:
- 978-986-89342-2-1¡ISBN copiado!
- Número OCLC:
- 855564623
Fahrenheit 451 ; Chroniques martiennes ; Les pommes d'or du soleil
Idioma French
Publicado el 21 de julio de 2012
- ISBN:
- 978-2-298-05530-6¡ISBN copiado!
Fahrenheit 451
audio cd
Publicado el 15 de diciembre de 2005 por Blackstone Audio, Inc..
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7861-7627-4¡ISBN copiado!
Fahrenheit 451
hardcover
Publicado el 28 de agosto de 2013 por Diogenes Verlag AG.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-257-26104-2¡ISBN copiado!
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