- Science Fiction, Fiction, general, Slavic philology, New York Times reviewed
It is 1939; the Nazis have occupied Poland. A young doctor disturbed by the fate of Poland joins the staff of an insane asylum only to find a world of pain and absurdity to match that outside.
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Bleak, contemplative, intimate and open-ended.
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Author
- Stanisław Lem
- First published
- January 1, 1998
- Pages
- 232
- Publisher
- MIT Press, Agora S.A., Interart
- Editions
- 18
- Language
- Polish, German, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9783518392935
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Stanisław Herman Lem (ur. 12 lub 13 września 1921 we Lwowie, zm. 27 marca 2006 w Krakowie) – polski pisarz gatunku hard science fiction, filozof, futurolog oraz krytyk literacki. Jest najczęściej tłumaczonym polskim pisarzem. Został odznaczony wieloma wysokimi odznaczeniami państwowymi i kulturalnymi, między innymi Orderem Orła Białego i medalem „Gloria Artis”. Jego debiutem książkowym była wydana w 1951 roku powieść *Astronauci*. Kolejne powieści fantastycznonaukowe jego autorstwa to: *Obłok Magellana* (1955), *Eden* (1959), *Pamiętnik znaleziony w wannie* (1961), *Powrót z gwiazd* (1961), *Solaris* (1961), *Niezwyciężony* (1964), *Głos Pana* (1968), *Wizja lokalna* (1982), *Fiasko* (1987)
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