Metropolis - Thea Von Harbou

Metropolis is a novel by Thea von Harbou. This edition is a paperback.

• Author: Thea von Harbou
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 224
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
• Publication date: 26 June 2015
• ISBN: 9780486795676

Synopsis

Set in a city of the future divided between a pleasure-seeking ruling class and a segregated workforce in a mechanised underworld, the novel explores a society built on stark separation. As a charismatic leader emerges, she looks for a figure capable of bringing the opposing social orders together, insisting that “between the brain that plans and the hands that build … there must be a mediator—the heart”.

Written by the creator of the screenplay for Fritz Lang’s 1927 film, this book expands on the film’s ideas and concepts, drawing on ancient myths and symbolism to shape its vision. It has been praised by science-fiction authority Forrest J. Ackerman, and continues to attract readers long after its first publication.

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