Highcastle : A Remembrance - Stanislaw Lem

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Highcastle

A Remembrance

By: Stanislaw Lem

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Paperback | 18 February 2020 | Edition Number 1

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150 Pages

Age
22+

Dimensions(cm)
20.1 x 13.6 x 1.0

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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 being terrorized by insects. Often lonely, the young Lem believed that he could communicate with household objects - perhaps anticipating the sentient machines in the adult Lem's novels. Lem reveals his younger self to be a dreamer, driven by an unbridled imagination and boundless curiosity. In the course of his reminiscing, Lem also ponders the nature of memory, innocence, and the imagination. Highcastle (the title refers to a nearby ruin) offers the portrait of a writer in his formative years.

Industry Reviews

"An entire vanished world has been lovingly and quirkily recalled in this pages."-New York Times

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"Remarkably candid....interlaced with soaring reflections on art, memory, innocence, faith and myth."-Publishers Weekly

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"A charming, effervescent memoir from a writer who consistently transcends genre."-Kirkus Reviews

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Reading classic SF can put current conversations in the book world in an interesting new perspective, and MIT Press' commitment to publishing the works of Stanislaw Lem brings the classics back in a neatly packaged format. Highcastle in particular may be interesting to newcomers or classic fans who want to learn about the famous author's influences.

-Den of Geek

The release of these new volumes seems to expand the possibilities of what a university publisher can do.

-LitHub

Fourteen years after his death, the universe is still struggling to catch up with the vast creative force that was Stanislaw Lem. And for my money, it won't be surpassing him anytime soon...Enjoying the genius of Lem requires readerly dexterity and a willingness to go wherever the author takes you...These marvelous, absorbing and often hilarious books make our weary universe seem pale and undistinguished by comparison.

-The Washington Post

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