Cosmopolis
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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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cosmopolis (film) | 0 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Don DeLillo ⓘ |
| basedOn | Cosmopolis self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
protagonist versus financial markets
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protagonist versus self ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | David Cronenberg ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
abstraction of money
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disconnection from physical reality ⓘ power and control ⓘ |
| genre |
novel
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philosophical fiction ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ satirical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Cosmopolis (score)
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surface form:
Cosmopolis (film)
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| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Eric Packer ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| motif |
currency speculation
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limousine as enclosed space ⓘ screens and data streams ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | limousine journey across Manhattan ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
dialogue-driven
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fragmented ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Benno Levin
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Elise Shifrin ⓘ Vija Kinski ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | billionaire asset manager ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Charles Scribner's Sons
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surface form:
Scribner
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| releaseYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| setIn |
Manhattan
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New York City ⓘ |
| settingTime | early 2000s ⓘ |
| structure | single-day narrative ⓘ |
| theme |
body and mortality
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capitalism ⓘ consumerism ⓘ cyber-capitalism ⓘ existential alienation ⓘ global finance ⓘ technology ⓘ time and temporality ⓘ urban isolation ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfPlot | one day ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Cosmopolis (film)