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Memoirs Found in a Bathtub (a literal translation of the original Polish-language title: Pamiętnik znaleziony w wannie) is a science fiction novel by Polish writer Stanisław Lem, first published in 1961. It was first published in English in 1973; a second edition was published in 1986.
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Stanisław Herman Lem ( Polish: [staˈɲiswaf ˈlɛm] ⓘ; 12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer of science fiction and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories are of satirical and humorous character. Lem's books have been translated into more ...
- Polish
- 27 March 2006 (aged 84), Kraków, Poland
- Writer
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Author: Janusz R. Kowalczyk. Share: In Stanisław Lem's oeuvre, ‘Memoirs Found in a Bathtub’ is his most mysterious novel, befitting for a story about the intricacies of intelligent work; it has a lot of encrypted meanings, and at the same time, it is a poisonous satire on the self-destructive machine of bureaucracy.
However, these rare memoirs, preserved for centuries in a volcanic rock, record the strange life of a man trapped in a hermetically sealed underground community. Translated by Michael Kandel and Christine Rose. Genres Science Fiction Fiction Polish Literature Classics Dystopia Novels Science Fiction Fantasy. ...more.
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Memoirs Found in a Bathtub. „Memoirs Found in a Bathtub” is one of the most intriguing books by Lem. The ostensibly funny satire of contemporary intelligence, scarred by betrayal of trust, in reality is – as is the case with everything in spies' world – an encrypted text.
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Memoirs Found in a Bathtub. The absurdly brilliant far-future satire from “the Borges of scientific culture” (Time). The year is 3149, and a vast paper destroying blight—papyralysis—has...
Stanisław Lem (1921-2006) one of the greatest contemporary writers—„a virtuoso storyteller” according to the „New York Times”, whose books „convey the sense of a mind hovering above the boundaries of the human condition.” While most of his works bear the broad „science fiction” label he was a master of a number of genres and ...
