Jungle of Cities (Hollo)
Bertolt Brecht
In the Jungle of the Cities (Nellhaus)
by Bertolt Brecht, Gerhard Nellhaus
Synopsis
Set in Chicago in a climate of rampant capitalism, it tells the story of a savage battle waged between two men, whose relationship is at once homosexual and sadomasochistic.
Brecht created it out of popular "gangster" novels.
The action, takes one from a lending library in Chicago to a deserted railroad worker's tent in the gravel pits by Lake Michigan, "the everlasting roar of Chicago has faded away," says Schlink just before the showdown and his final demise
Publication
Publisher Samuel French
In the Jungle of the Cities (Nellhaus) is a play written by Bertolt Brecht and published by Samuel French .
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