Hey guys from Porão Literário, okay? Today my review is more than special, because the book I have in my hands provoked the most diverse feelings in me, were you curious to know what it is? Let's read the review then!
HAVING BOOKS IS A CRIME. REPORT IT. It is in this scenario that we begin to explore the world of Faust Luciano in “The Silence of Books” In a dystopian environment where reading is a crime, owning a book is considered a felony.
In this world we meet Alice, a girl who has a huge curiosity for stories and creativity, however, for having these characteristics she is despised by her parents. Everything changes when a man moves into your neighborhood. Little Alice's encounter with Santiago Pena is a kind of salvation for the girl, since the man in front of her has many stories to tell. It is from this account of stories and experiences that a friendship emerges.
How to silence a book? How to impose silence and indifference on a world of ideas and interpretations? Well, it's in this fateful world where the characters from the world created by Faust Luciano. In that dystopian Portugal, having any material in writing is the worst crime to be committed. I always find it very interesting when the plot of a book makes a metalanguage with the power of literature and a story, like in fahrenheit 451, 1984 and so on.
Totalitarian systems of government have always imposed such measures as methods of containing the population, after all, culture has always been the enemy of censorship. Debating these issues has always been important for our development as a society, and today it is more than important, it is essential.
Reading The Silence of Books it's amazing how the author weaves these ideas into the narrative and shows us the value of literature to the world. This is very visible with the story of Santiago and his notebook, in it, carries the story of a friend of his who was arrested. As we assimilate the story of Hilario (a friend of Santiago), we will realize how much words have the power to change reality.
In general, The Silence of Books it is a narrative that provokes, disturbs and moves us. A great tribute to literature and what makes us human! Feeling and provoking feelings are some of our most basic characteristics, and what better way to provoke emotions in someone than through words?
