Read by Andrey Novokreshchenov

«Metropolis» - nauchno-fantasticheskiy roman i odnovremenno filosofskaya pritcha, napolnennaya bibleyskimi allyuziyami. Na obschem fone, ne obremenennom opisaniyami tehnicheskogo progressa, avtor risuet grandioznuyu kartinu tehnokraticheskogo obschestva, v kotorom mozg velikogo Metropolisa pravit zhiznyu goroda, a klassovaya borba grozit pererasti v krovoprolitnuyu voynu. No odnazhdy syn vladyki goroda Freder vstrechaet Mariyu, kotoraya predskazyvaet lyudyam prihod Posrednika, sposobnogo razreshit problemy klassovoy vrazhdy. Rabochie zhdut peremen, i Freder, vlyublennyy v Mariyu i predannyy narodu, reshaet, porvav s ottsom, idti svoim putem. Derznet li on vstupit v shvatku so vsemoguschim vladykoy i popytaetsya li osuschestvit svoy smelyy plan?

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