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Lem, Stanislaw (Translated by Michael Kandel).
HIGHCASTLE: A REMEMBRANCE.
New York City, NY:
Harcourt Brace,
1995.
Hardcover.
First Edition/First Printing.
146 pages.
As New/As New.
. The author's childhood memoir. The first appearance of the title in English. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. "The great Polish writer recollects his childhood. It is how the world looked to him and why he did what he did rather than what precisely happened that he strives to describe. His wasn't an eventful youth and his reigning boyish passions (at first, to disassemble and thereby destroy his toys and anything else that could be taken apart; later, to create documents of a universal bureaucracy of which he is the sole functionary) give his memoir its fascination. Lem confesses he fails in his attempt to understand himself as a child, except by calling his peculiar boyish habits as those of an unconscious artist. Meanwhile, he has made a small gem of the literary autobiographer's art" (Ray Olson). A "must-have" title for Stansilaw Lem collectors. This title has been out-of-print as a hardcover for a long time. This is one of few copies of the First English-language Edition still available online and has no flaws, a pristine beauty. A scarce copy thus. Regarded as the finest science-fiction writer of the 20th-century by J. G. Ballard, who should know. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A flawless copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER STANISLAW LEM TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0151402183. $20.00 |
