Synopsis
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. Translated by William Brand. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
About Stanislaw Lem
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Stanislaw Lem is the most widely translated and best known science fiction author writing outside of the English language. Winner of the Kafka Prize, he is a contributor to many magazines, including the New Yorker, and he is the author of numerous works, including Solaris.
Published April 30, 1991
by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
228 pages
Genres:
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction.
Fiction
