Fahrenheit 451

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The hauntingly prophetic classic novel set in a not-too-distant future where books are burned by a special task force of firemen. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness. Even so, Montag is unhappy; there is discord in his marriage. Are books hidden in his house? The Mechanical Hound of the Fire Department, armed with a lethal hypodermic, escorted by helicopters, is ready to track down those dissidents who defy society to preserve and read books. The classic novel of a post-literate future, 'Fahrenheit 451' stands alongside Orwell's '1984' and Huxley's 'Brave New World' as a prophetic account of Western civilization's enslavement by the media, drugs and conformity. Bradbury's powerful and poetic prose combines with uncanny insight into the potential of technology to create a novel which over fifty years from first publication, still has the power to dazzle and shock. … celý popis

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Hlavní autor:

Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012

Typ dokumentu:

Knihy

Rozsah:

227 s. ;

Vydáno:

London : Harper Voyager, 2008

Témata:

americké romány

vědecko-fantastické romány

American fiction

science fiction novels

Fyzický popis:

227 s. ; 20 cm

ISBN:

978-0-00-654606-1