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Fahrenheit 451 Libro de bolsillo – 1 enero 1981

por Ray Bradbury (Autor)

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Older MM PB edition of Ray Bradbuiry's classic about a dystopian future world where books are burned as threatsd to society.

Editorial

Ballantine
Fecha de publicación

1 enero 1981
ISBN-10

0345023021
ISBN-13

978-0345023025
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Editorial ‏ : ‎ Ballantine (1 enero 1981)
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0345023021
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0345023025

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Jose Armas

Muy buen libro

Revisado en México el 7 de diciembre de 2023

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Un excelente libro e historia

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Iván R.

La editorial "Debolsillo" es calidad

Revisado en México el 17 de octubre de 2023

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Nada más que decir, es uno de mis libros favoritos y es perfecto en cuánto a calidad del producto.

Revisado en México el 27 de diciembre de 2023

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Un clásico de la ciencia ficción que no puede faltar en tu estante.

Revisado en México el 28 de julio de 2023

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Gran libro, una de las mejores historias de Bradbury. Lo único que puedo decir es que la pasta es muy delgada y al paso de las semanas se van dañando las puntas del libro.

Revisado en México el 25 de julio de 2023

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era para una clase de la universidad de mi hija

Revisado en México el 31 de julio de 2023

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Revisado en México el 24 de julio de 2019

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Un clásico imperdible de la ciencia ficción, la edición bellísima y muy completa, incluye fotografías, bocetos e información en un apartado adicional que vale la pena verse.
En cuanto a la entrega llegó antes de lo previsto y muy bien protegido, muy bien por el servicio de Amazon.

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Rodrigo

Llego en muy buen estado

Revisado en México el 6 de julio de 2022

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Llego en excelente estado

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Emily Grose

One of my favorite books!

Revisado en Canadá el 19 de diciembre de 2023

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Back in Highschool we were assigned this book to read and I loved it. I loved it so much I ordered it to read it again. Definitely a good read! Its very interesting how this book was written is the 1950s, the way it described the world almost felt like it was depicting todays society. It was really eye opening.

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Kevin Walrath

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Fahrenheit 451 is one of my all time favorites. It's written in the third person, placing you into the shoes of an objective narrator who has special access to the thoughts and world view of the characters within the book, especially that of the protagonist. The protagonist (Guy Montag) actually begins the story as a sort of villain really. His profession is that of a future based fireman, who don’t really put out fires like they used to. In fact, they professionally start fires. What a clever twist on Bradbury’s part.

These firemen are sanctioned by what one can only conclude to be a dystopian government to burn books, as well as the houses they are contained within. In this future world, the government has deemed books as dangerous, containing ideas that run counter to the narrative they wish to form and broadcast via televisions that cover entire walls within people’s homes. And the people want this, as they feel more comfortable with their government fed information. How dystopian indeed.

Reminds one of the behavior of the Roman Catholic Church during the Dark Ages. The two have book burning in common, as well as burning Bibles (in the case of the RCC, Bibles that didn’t subscribe to their criteria – even though they came from source material originating from the same authors). No offense to Catholics – some Protestant sects weren’t much better (like the early Anglicans who destroyed much of the Church’s property, including relics, as did Orthodox Christians during the Iconoclast Era).

Montag takes quite apparent joy in his job, causing a smile to overcome his face every time he gets to burn those devilish books. That is, until he becomes intrigued by a young neighbor girl named Clarisse. Clarisse is a female character that many feminists sadly overlook as to her importance in the overall arc of the story. Good on Bradbury for taking this approach, as you know what they say – “behind every great man, there’s an even greater woman”. This doesn’t always have to imply a spouse, mind you, and Bradbury exploited this fact while using Montag’s lame wife as a great contrast.

Clarisse is somehow able to tap into Montag’s emotional capacity to better understand what exactly his job is harming, and how his otherwise dull life (including dull wife who serves as a great example of the brainwashed zombie like people of his society) could become so much more enriched by. This confrontation with not only Clarisse – but himself – causes a sort of psychosis for our villainous protagonist. And thus begins his character development that makes the book really begin to take off and hook the reader into the protagonist’s story arc and growth.

At first, Montag struggles with his newfound understanding of the profound beauty of books. He is intrigued by the sense of wonder, emotion, and timelessness that books have to offer compared to the mind numbing talking heads that rule the day (sounds similar to our times with all the political talking heads telling how people should think, unlike books that allow people to draw their own conclusions). Yet he is still skeptical, resisting this newfound understanding as he continues in his line of work.

He challenges the notion of books being a net positive for society along the way, including challenging protectors of books along the way. All of this amidst some unknown war going on in the background of the story that is never really described in much detail. I assume that Bradbury himself had assumed (living in the days of the Cold War between the US and the USSR) that some kind of war of that magnitude coming to fruition was sadly somewhat inevitable.

As his change of heart is occurring, he struggles with his chief named Beatty (the antagonist of the story). Beatty is a walking contradiction, as he is full of knowledge pertaining to the books they burn. He is so well versed in their content by heart, yet seeks to eliminate books from existence on behalf of the government.

Unlike Montag who simply found pleasure in his destructive line of work, Beatty knows full well every reason and intention as to why they do and takes pleasure in doing so. This, all while being so well versed in the knowledge and insights contained within them. He overall sees them as dangerous, yet behaves as if the type of knowledge contained within books should be reserved for elites rather than the average citizen. This antagonist displays the kind of pretentious attitude that perfectly captures what it means to convey the notion of a dystopian society within a book of this genre.

After trials and tribulations in his struggle, Montag reaches a point where he is so moved by the message of a particular book, that he even steals it so that he can preserve it himself. As a Christian myself, I personally loved that this book just so happened to be a Bible. Why does Montag take such a personal infatuation with the Bible?

It may be that Montag’s society is so lost that when bombs begin to fall toward the end, whatever Montag had read might help him and others rebuild society for the better. After all, the Bible is full of advice, and provides direction for moral and ethical enrichment. Certainly a new society would need guidelines to rebuild and improve over mistakes made in the past.

Montag refers to the book of Job at one point in the story, as well as references made about Caanan. At the end, Montag even tries to recall parts of the books of Ecclesiastes and Revelation. The book of Revelation itself (arguably my favorite book of the Bible – I’m a fan of the dystopian genre after all) deals with the end of times. Although, perhaps Montag failed to recall this as quickly as he might because they are preparing to start a new life when the world appears to be ending.

The novel ends with Montag escaping the city in the midst of this new war. He escapes deep into the countryside, meeting a band of roving intellectuals who have elected to preserve significant works of literature in their memory. Reminds me of the Vaudois, the Waldenses and the Albigenses who preserved the original books of scripture in spite of the persecution they suffered from the RCC.

Not long after these roving intellectuals welcome Montag into their community, an atomic bomb falls on the city and reduces it to rubble. The next morning Montag leads the men on foot back toward the city with rebuilding in mind. The novel’s conclusion functions to bring the prevalent violence to its logical conclusion, which is that violence infiltrates nearly every aspect of the world our protagonist finds himself in.

The firemen violently destroy people’s property and lives. Television displays gruesome, desensitizing violence for viewers’ entertainment. Pedestrians regularly get trampled by speeding vehicles. Finally, war takes these forms of violence to a new extreme, destroying society and its infrastructure altogether. The novel’s ending depicts the inevitable self-destruction of such an oppressive society in such an effective, and rather melancholy fashion.

As stated in the beginning of the Fahrenheit 451 book review, this book is one of my all time favorites. It’s no wonder as to why I give it a 5/5 rating. Bradbury’s use of language is lyrical, yet not overly forceful. He paints a picture of a world in which we as a society should wish to avoid – in a multifaceted way.

When it comes to dystopian books, this is truly a classic – and for good reason. Not only was it tremendous back in its heyday; it has stood the test of time, proving to be of use to us nearly 70 years later. I absolutely love Fahrenheit 451, and I believe you would too if you love dystopian fiction and have happened to somehow not have read it yet (it happens – later is better than never though!).

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Parallels to be drawn?

Revisado en el Reino Unido el 1 de enero de 2024

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A fascinating and compelling dystopian classic comparable to George Orwell’s work.
Parallels can definitely be drawn to the modern world and society generally by the more cynical reader.

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Maud

Science fiction.

Revisado en Francia el 10 de diciembre de 2023

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Firemen have become arsonists. They burn books. I can' t imagine a world without books. Books are knowledge, culture, leisure. In this story, books become men. They survive in some people' s brains.

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Vani Gautam

Must read for dystopian genre lovers

Revisado en India el 2 de diciembre de 2023

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Book arrived in good condition. Talking about the book, Ray Bradbury's style of writing is very different. It's like you watching a movie as it shows emotions of the characters meticulously. Give it a try, it's worth reading.

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