- Childhood and youth, Biography, Polish Authors, Ukraine, biography
Stanislaw Lem's Highcastle is at once a remembrance and a meditation. Even as Lem gives an account of his childhood in Lvov in the years between the two world wars, he ponders the nature of memory, innocence, and the imagination.
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Nostalgic, contemplative, character-led and prestige.
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- Author
- Stanisław Lem
- First published
- January 28, 1997
- Pages
- 153
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & Co., Harvest Books
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780151402182
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“DO YOU REMEMBER the inventory of mysterious things that the Lilliputians found in Gulliver's pockets?”
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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