1993, ISBN: 0006546064

[EAN: 9780006546061], Neubuch, [PU: Harper Collins Publ. UK Aug 1993], AMERIKANISCHE BELLETRISTIK / ROMAN, ERZÄHLUNG; ENGLISCHE BÜCHER ACHTZIGER JAHRE FICTION SCIENCE GENERAL; SCI-FI;DYST… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780006546061], Neubuch, [PU: Harper Collins Publ. UK Aug 1993], AMERIKANISCHE BELLETRISTIK / ROMAN, ERZÄHLUNG; ENGLISCHE BÜCHER ACHTZIGER JAHRE FICTION SCIENCE GENERAL; SCI-FI;DYSTOPIA;FUTURE;TOTALITARIAN;POLICE STATE;VISIONARY;FIREMAN;RESISTANCE;LITERATURE;ASIMOV;CLARKE;TRUFFAUT;FILM;CLASSIC, Neuware - The hauntingly prophetic classic novel set in a not-too-distant future where books are burned by a special task force of firemen. Over 1 million copies sold in the UK. 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. 192 pp. Englisch, Books<

ISBN: 9780006546061

The hauntingly prophetic classic novel set in a not-too-distant future where books are burned by a special task force of firemen. Over 1 million copies sold in the UK. Guy Montag is a fir… Mehr…

The hauntingly prophetic classic novel set in a not-too-distant future where books are burned by a special task force of firemen. Over 1 million copies sold in the UK. 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. Fremdsprachige Bücher 19.5 x 12.7 x 2.2 cm , HarperCollins, 43656, HarperCollins<