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A beautiful cloth-bound edition of the internationally acclaimed Fahrenheit 451 – a masterpiece of 20th-century literature.
This frighteningly prophetic novel describes a future without literacy. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are banned, as they are considered the source of all misfortunes and dissatisfaction. Nonetheless, Montag is unhappy; there is tension in his marriage. Are there hidden books in his house? The Mechanical Hound of the Fire Department, armed with a deadly hypodermic needle, accompanied by helicopters, is ready to track down the rebels who question society to preserve and read books.
The classic dystopian novel of a future without literacy, Fahrenheit 451, stands alongside Orwell’s 1984 and Huxley’s Brave New World as a prophetic narrative of the enslavement of Western civilization by mass media, drugs, and conformity.
Bradbury's powerful and poetic writing is combined with a prophetic understanding of the potential of technology, creating a novel that, decades after its first publication, retains the power to impress and shock.
Pages: 240, Dimensions: 15.9x15.9cm
