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Metropolis

Name: Metropolis
Author: Thea Von Harbou
ISBN: 9781434490148

by Thea Von Harbou

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Overview

An unforgettable vision of the 21st Century, "Metropolis" is an unforgettable science fiction classic originally penned in 1922, while she was married to German film director Fritz Lang. She collaborated with Lang on the screenplay for the film version.

Synopsis

Metropolis is the classic novel of prophetic science fiction that inspired both Fritz Lang's silent movie masterpiece and Osamu Tezuka's contemporary feature-length anime. Here is a magical, visionary page-turner so rich and inventive as to defy description.

About the Author, Thea Von Harbou

Thea Von Harbou (1888 – 1954) was a German actress, author and film director of Prussian aristocratic origin. She was born in Tauperlitz in the Kingdom of Bavaria. Her life-long fascination with India influenced certain scenes of her novel METROPOLIS which was made by her husband Fritz Lang into one of the most influential films in any genre. After her marriage with Lang ended in divorce, she married Ayi Tendulkar, an Indian writer and follower of Mahatma Gandhi.

Eddie Vega is a Cuban-born writer and editor living and working in New York City. He holds graduate degrees in writing and journalism from Columbia University, and an undergraduate degree in English from Brooklyn College.