Cosmopolis

E68893
film novel

Cosmopolis is a 2003 novel by Don DeLillo that follows a billionaire asset manager’s disorienting limousine ride across Manhattan, exploring themes of capitalism, technology, and existential alienation.

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Label Occurrences
Cosmopolis canonical 13
Cosmopolis (novel) 3
Cosmopolis (2012 film) 1

Statements (49)

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instanceOf film ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Don DeLillo ⓘ
basedOn Cosmopolis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
centralConflict protagonist versus financial markets ⓘ
protagonist versus self ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director David Cronenberg ⓘ
exploresConcept abstraction of money ⓘ
disconnection from physical reality ⓘ
power and control ⓘ
genre novel ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ
satirical fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation Cosmopolis (score) ⓘ
surface form: Cosmopolis (film)
literaryMovement postmodernism ⓘ
mainCharacter Eric Packer ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
motif currency speculation ⓘ
limousine as enclosed space ⓘ
screens and data streams ⓘ
narrativeDevice limousine journey across Manhattan ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
narrativeStyle dialogue-driven ⓘ
fragmented ⓘ
notableCharacter Benno Levin ⓘ
Elise Shifrin ⓘ
Vija Kinski ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
protagonistOccupation billionaire asset manager ⓘ
publicationYear 2003 ⓘ
publisher Charles Scribner's Sons ⓘ
surface form: Scribner
releaseYear 2012 ⓘ
setIn Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
settingTime early 2000s ⓘ
structure single-day narrative ⓘ
theme body and mortality ⓘ
capitalism ⓘ
consumerism ⓘ
cyber-capitalism ⓘ
existential alienation ⓘ
global finance ⓘ
technology ⓘ
time and temporality ⓘ
urban isolation ⓘ
violence ⓘ
timeSpanOfPlot one day ⓘ

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Don DeLillo → notableWork → Cosmopolis ⓘ
The Body Artist → followedBy → Cosmopolis ⓘ
Cosmopolis → basedOn → Cosmopolis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Cosmopolis (film)
Falling Man → precededBy → Cosmopolis ⓘ
David Cronenberg → notableWork → Cosmopolis ⓘ
David Cronenberg → directed → Cosmopolis ⓘ
Cosmopolis (score) → basedOn → Cosmopolis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cosmopolis (2012 film)
Cosmopolis (score) → basedOn → Cosmopolis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cosmopolis (novel)
Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard → firstPublishedIn → Cosmopolis ⓘ
Don DeLillo bibliography → includesWork → Cosmopolis ⓘ
Eric Packer → protagonistOf → Cosmopolis ⓘ
Eric Packer → appearsInWork → Cosmopolis ⓘ
Elise Shifrin → fictionalUniverse → Cosmopolis ⓘ
Elise Shifrin → appearsIn → Cosmopolis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cosmopolis (novel)
Vija Kinski → appearsIn → Cosmopolis ⓘ
Benno Levin → appearsIn → Cosmopolis ⓘ
Benno Levin → partOf → Cosmopolis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cosmopolis (novel)