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Stanislaw Lem: Selected Letters to Michael Kandel (Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies Lup)
Stanislaw Lem
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Description for Stanislaw Lem: Selected Letters to Michael Kandel (Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies Lup)
Hardcover. Edited and annotated translation of Stanislaw Lem's previously unpublished fifteen-year correspondence with his principal American translator. Translator(s): Swirski, Peter. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGP; BGL; BJ; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
Series
Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies
Number of Pages
170
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781380178
SKU
V9781781380178
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Ref
99-33
About Stanislaw Lem
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.
Reviews for Stanislaw Lem: Selected Letters to Michael Kandel (Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies Lup)
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 ... Read more