num_pages: 168
description: The conclusion to a masterful graphic novel trilogy that follows Berlin citizens as Nazism risesThe third and final act of Jason Lutess historical fiction about the Weimar Republic begins with Hitler arriving in Berlin. With the National Socialist party now controlling Parliament the citizenry becomes even more divided.Lutes steps back from the larger political upheaval using the intertwining lives of a small group of Germans to zero in on the rise of fascism and how swiftly it can replace democracy. The idle rich the nave bourgeoisie and the struggling lower classes: all seek meaning in the warring political factions dividing their nation. He especially focuses on the Braunsa working-class family torn apart by a political system that doesnt care about them. Lovers couple and uncouple; families and friends share rituals and laughter; most of Berlins citizens go about their day with little sense of the larger threat to their existence. Meanwhile the journalist Kurt Severing and the artist Marthe Muller watch in horror as their society begins a dizzying descent into extremism.
language: English
title: Berlin, Vol. 3: City of Light
publisher: Drawn and Quarterly