Autor: Ray Bradbury
Texto da contra-capa: Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to start fires...
The system was simple. Everyone understood it. Books were for burning... along with the houses in which they were hidden.
Guy Montag enjoyed his job. He had been a fireman for ten years, and he had never questioned the pleasure of the midnight runs nor the joy of watching pages consumed by flames ... never questioned anything until he met a seventeen-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid.
Then he met a professor who told him of a future in which people could think ... and Guy Montag suddenly realized what he had to do!
The system was simple. Everyone understood it. Books were for burning... along with the houses in which they were hidden.
Guy Montag enjoyed his job. He had been a fireman for ten years, and he had never questioned the pleasure of the midnight runs nor the joy of watching pages consumed by flames ... never questioned anything until he met a seventeen-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid.
Then he met a professor who told him of a future in which people could think ... and Guy Montag suddenly realized what he had to do!
As expectativas para este livro eram bastante grandes, tendo em conta o tempo que tive de esperar para o ler e a fama que ele tem, a fasquia estava realmente alta. Não fiquei desapontado!
Influenciado pela descoberta das armas nucleares e da queima dos livros pelos Nazis, Ray mostra-nos o retrato de uma sociedade alienada pelo prazer momentâneo e uma irresponsabilidade infantil. As pessoas deixaram de querer pensar e os livros foram postos de parte em favor de um entretenimento vazio de mensagem ou conteúdo.
Envolvemos-nos facilmente com a personagem principal, assim como é fácil sentir empatia por Clarisse, que aliás é uma personagem memorável. Capitão Beatty também tem tudo para ficar na memória por muito tempo.
A acção decorre a um bom ritmo, sem que o worldbuilding atrapalhe. Já estava habituado à escrita de Ray, o que ajudou imenso. A história é credível e as revelações vão acontecendo quando menos se espera.
Recomendo vivamente, é um livro que todos deviam ler!
Classificação: 5 estrelas
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