Stanislaw Lem: Life and Selected Letters - Couverture rigide

Lem, Stanislaw

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1781380171 ISBN 13 : 9781781380178

Editeur : Liverpool University Press, 2014

Synopsis

Stanislaw Lem died on 26 March, 2006 but in this book his voice can be heard afresh for the benefit of all those who believe that, with his passing, a quintessential element of twentieth-century artistic and intellectual heritage has come to an end. Peter Swirski’s edited and annotated translation of Lem’s fifteen-year correspondence with his principal American translator offers an unparalleled testimony to the raw intellectual powers, smouldering literary passions, and abiding personal concerns from the central period of the writer’s life and career. Even as they reposition Lem as a consummate litterateur and an intellectual oracle, the letters reveal tantalizing glimpses of the man behind the giant. Fighting depression, at times hitting the bottle, plagued by ill health, obsessed by his legacy, driven to distraction by lack of appreciation in the United States, Lem the arch-rationalist emerges here at his most human, vulnerable, and... likeable.

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À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Liverpool University Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1781380171
• ISBN 13: 9781781380178
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 170
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible