Stanislaw Lem: Selected Letters to Michael Kandel by Stanislaw Lem
Edited and annotated translation of Stanislaw Lems previously unpublished fifteen-year correspondence with his principal American translator.
Reviews'Utterly absorbing, absolutely first-rate Lem and first-rate Swirski'
Nicholas Ruddick
'Lem emerges from Peter Swirski’s mastery of his subject in both the stunning breadth of his genius and a humanity forged by the nightmare of modern Polish history.'
Ken Krabbenhoft, New York University
In those moments when Lem pauses and steps away from his career as author and critic, he reveals himself as a man continually haunted by the Holocaust, as an irascible elder aware of his foibles, and an imaginative philosophe.
SFRA Review
'An absolute delight ... Swirski’s translation reads lucidly, and follows Lem’s own stylistic quirks ... the letters offer a needed glimpse into Lem’s own artistic self-presentation as he sought to negotiate how he was read outside of Poland.'
Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay, Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction
'Utterly absorbing… absolutely first-rate Lem and first-rate Swirski.'
Nicholas Ruddick, author of Fire in the Stone: Parehistoric Fiction from Charles Darwin to Jean M. Auel
'Lem emerges from Peter Swirski’s mastery of his subject in both the stunning breadth of his genius and a humanity forged by the nightmare of modern Polish history. Swirski’s writing is graceful, engaging, and unmarred by jargon or pretense.'
Ken Krabbenhoft, New York University
'The world’s leading Lem critic Peter Swirski competes with Lem in erudition and style—and the winner is the reader.'
Bo Pettersson, University of Helsinki
'Short, dense, valuable.'
SFRA
'I recommend this volume highly to anyone wishing to follow the complex workings of a profound thinker's mind and to sample his ironic perspective on society, literature, politics, and the foreseeable future.'
Slavic and East European Journal
Nicholas Ruddick
'Lem emerges from Peter Swirski’s mastery of his subject in both the stunning breadth of his genius and a humanity forged by the nightmare of modern Polish history.'
Ken Krabbenhoft, New York University
In those moments when Lem pauses and steps away from his career as author and critic, he reveals himself as a man continually haunted by the Holocaust, as an irascible elder aware of his foibles, and an imaginative philosophe.
SFRA Review
'An absolute delight ... Swirski’s translation reads lucidly, and follows Lem’s own stylistic quirks ... the letters offer a needed glimpse into Lem’s own artistic self-presentation as he sought to negotiate how he was read outside of Poland.'
Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay, Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction
'Utterly absorbing… absolutely first-rate Lem and first-rate Swirski.'
Nicholas Ruddick, author of Fire in the Stone: Parehistoric Fiction from Charles Darwin to Jean M. Auel
'Lem emerges from Peter Swirski’s mastery of his subject in both the stunning breadth of his genius and a humanity forged by the nightmare of modern Polish history. Swirski’s writing is graceful, engaging, and unmarred by jargon or pretense.'
Ken Krabbenhoft, New York University
'The world’s leading Lem critic Peter Swirski competes with Lem in erudition and style—and the winner is the reader.'
Bo Pettersson, University of Helsinki
'Short, dense, valuable.'
SFRA
'I recommend this volume highly to anyone wishing to follow the complex workings of a profound thinker's mind and to sample his ironic perspective on society, literature, politics, and the foreseeable future.'
Slavic and East European Journal
Stanislaw Lem was the internationally acclaimed author of many books, and has been cited as the most widely read science fiction writer in the world. Peter Swirski is Professor of American Literature and American Studies at the University of Bahrain and Honorary Professor in China.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781781380178 |
| ISBN 10 | 1781380171 |
| Title | Stanislaw Lem: Selected Letters to Michael Kandel |
| Author | Stanislaw Lem |
| Series | Liverpool Science Fiction Texts And Studies |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press |
| Year published | 2014-07-31 |
| Number of pages | 170 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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