Ray Bradbury's philosophical dystopia paints a bleak picture of the development of post-industrial society. The novel brought its author worldwide fame.
Bradbury sensationally claimed in 2007 that Fahrenheit 451 was misunderstood. The book is not about government censorship, it is about how television is destroying interest in reading books.
In the early 1950s, most Americans had never seen a television, but Bradbury predicted a new era of freedom, prosperity, and entertainment, when the desire to be happy, coupled with political correctness, would lead to the banning of books.
"The colored people don't like the book 'Little Black Sambo'. Burn it... The white people don't like 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'. Burn that too. Someone wrote a book about how smoking predisposes you to lung cancer. The tobacco manufacturers are panicking. Burn that book.
...a book is a loaded gun in your neighbor's house. Burn it! Unload the gun!"
Author: Ray Bradbury
Year of issue: 2023
Publisher: Eksmo
Pages: 320
Cover type: soft cover
Dimensions: 200x126x17 mm
ISBN: 978-5-04-178815-5