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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Fahrenheit 451
161, pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato il 31 Agosto 1986 da Grafton Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-246-63571-6ISBN copiato!
- Numero OCLC:
- 809534896
Fahrenheit 451
audio cd
lingua English
Pubblicato il 15 Novembre 2005 da Blackstone Audiobooks.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7861-7537-6ISBN copiato!
- Numero OCLC:
- 1004909857
Fahrenheit 451
audio cassette
lingua English
Pubblicato il 31 Agosto 1998 da Recorded Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7887-3274-4ISBN copiato!
- Numero OCLC:
- 51051351
Fahrenheit 451
audio cassette
lingua English
Pubblicato il 30 Aprile 1992 da Chivers Audio Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-56054-959-8ISBN copiato!
- Numero OCLC:
- 441266031
Fahrenheit 451
158, pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato il 31 Agosto 1976 da Grafton Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-586-04356-1ISBN copiato!
- Numero OCLC:
- 471451832
Fahrenheit 451
audio cassette
Pubblicato il 30 Giugno 1982 da Recorded Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-55690-172-0ISBN copiato!
- Numero OCLC:
- 607266318
Fahrenheit 451
audio cd
Pubblicato il 30 Agosto 2004 da Books on Tape.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4159-1619-3ISBN copiato!
Fahrenheit 451
prebound
lingua English
Pubblicato il 31 Luglio 1977 da Perfection Learning.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-8124-1555-1ISBN copiato!
- Numero OCLC:
- 466425815
Fahrenheit 451
audio cassette
Pubblicato il 02 Ottobre 2001 da Caedmon, Brand: Caedmon.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-694-52626-0ISBN copiato!
Fahrenheit 451
lingua English
Pubblicato il 12 Novembre 2016 da CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-5300-3183-2ISBN copiato!
Fahrenheit 451
lingua English
Pubblicato il 08 Maggio 2017 da Independently Published.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-9734-0443-9ISBN copiato!
Fahrenheit 451
lingua English
Pubblicato il 12 Novembre 2017 da CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-9757-1393-5ISBN copiato!
Fahrenheit 451
lingua English
Pubblicato il 12 Novembre 2016 da CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-5300-3168-9ISBN copiato!
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