Comment on The Book Club: “Women and Children First” and other reader reviews

The Book Club: “Women and Children First” and other reader reviews

“Fahrenheit 451,” by Ray Bradbury (Simon & Schuster, reissue 2012) “Fahrenheit 451,” by Ray Bradbury (Simon & Schuster, reissue 2012) Poignant that this story about book-burning has itself often been the object of censorship. Published in 1953, it made the American Library Association’s list of Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009. Re-reading it decades after the first time, the violence with which Firemen, including protagonist Montag, comply with their duties fails to shock the reader.

 

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