Highcastle: A Remembrance
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Book Overview
A playful, witty, reflective memoir of childhood by the science fiction master Stanislaw Lem. With Highcastle, Stanislaw Lem offers a memoir of his childhood and youth in prewar Lvov. Reflective, artful, witty, playful--"I was a monster," he observes ruefully--this lively and charming book describes a youth spent reading voraciously (he was especially interested in medical texts and French novels), smashing toys, eating pastries, and...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0262538466
ISBN13:9780262538466
Release Date:February 2020
Publisher:MIT Press
Length:152 Pages
Weight:0.35 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.3" x 7.9"
Customer Reviews
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A favorite for the bedside
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Stanislaw Lem's writing is beautiful in this brief work. Fans of his science fiction will surely want to read this to get behind the artifice and learn about the writer. But those who are not familiar with his work will also enjoy this as a meditation on memory, growing up in Poland, and this writer's power to evoke meaning. I read it mostly before falling asleep and it gave me wonderful dreams.
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