Hospital of the Transfiguration (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Stanislaw Lem
- First Published: 1957
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 1939
- Setting: Poland
- Principal Characters: Stefan Trzyniecki, Sekułowski, Stanisław “Staszek” Krzeczotek, “Pajpak” Pajączkowski, Nosilewska, Orybald Kauters
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Doctors, 1930’s, Ethics, Nazism or Nazis, Humanism, Poland or Polish people, Mental institutions, hospitals or asylums
- Locales: Poland
Hospital of the Transfiguration is Stanisław Lem's first novel. He completed it in Kraków, Poland, in 1948; however, the book was not published until 1955, in a rewritten, state-approved version. The original title was Szpital przemienienia; it constitutes the first volume of the trilogy Czas nieutracony (time not lost, or time saved). Eventually, the original version appeared in Polish and in German. This is the first English translation.
In 1939, after German forces have overrun Poland, Stefan Trzyniecki, having just completed medical school, searches...
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