The Hospital of the Transfiguration

Stanislaw Lem, William Brand (Translator (Polish to English))

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Massachusetts Inst of Tec
18 February 2020

Science fiction; Classic science fiction; Science Fiction; Military

Series: The MIT Press

An early realist novel by Stanisław Lem, taking place in a Polish psychiatric hospital during World War II.

Taking place within the confines of a psychiatric hospital, Stanisław Lem's The Hospital of the Transfiguration tells the story of a young doctor working in a Polish asylum during World War II. At first the asylum seems like a bucolic refuge, but a series of sinister encounters and incidents reveal an underlying brutality. The doctor begins to seek relief in the strange conversation of the poet Sekulowski, who is posing as a patient in a bid for safety from the occupying German forces. Meanwhile, Resistance fighters stockpile weapons in the surrounding woods.

A very early work by Lem, The Hospital of the Transfiguration is partly autobiographical, drawing on the author's experiences as a medical student. Written in 1948, it was suppressed by Polish censors and not published until 1955. The censorship of this realist novel is partly what led Lem to focus on science fiction and nonfiction for the rest of his career.

By: Stanislaw Lem
Translated by: William Brand (Translator (Polish to English))
Imprint: Massachusetts Inst of Tec
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 137mm, Spine: 14mm
ISBN: 9780262538497
ISBN 10: 0262538490
Series: The MIT Press
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 18 February 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Stanislaw Lem (1921-2006), a writer called worthy of the Nobel Prize by the New York Times, was an internationally renowned author of novels, short stories, literary criticism, and philosophical essays. His books have been translated into forty-four languages and have sold more than thirty million copies.

Reviews for The Hospital of the Transfiguration

The release of these new volumes seems to expand the possibilities of what a university publisher can do. -LitHub A phenomenon called Lem did not grow into a writer, but sprang from the head of Zeus like Athena, full armed; but with a portable Remington instead of a spear. -Bloomsbury Review - Lem carefully develops his characters before he etches them away with the stresses of war, showing them as archetypes of courage, cowardice, perfidy, and love. -Village Voice - Absorbing, also, to watch Lem outline many of the themes and ideas that he will later develop brilliantly in his science fiction. -Kirkus Reviews -