Hospital of the Transfiguration
1975 book by Stanisław Lem
0-15-142186-2Hospital of the Transfiguration (in Polish: Szpital Przemienienia[1]) is a book by Polish writer Stanisław Lem. It tells the story of a young doctor, Stefan Trzyniecki, who after graduation starts to work in a psychiatric hospital. The story takes place during the Nazi occupation of Poland in the Second World War.[2]
The book is the first of a trilogy entitled Time Not Lost, and the only one of the three translated into English.
The book was adapted as a film of the same name (Hospital of the Transfiguration) in 1979, directed by Edward Żebrowski [pl].[3][4][5]
Hospital of the Transfiguration is also available in paperback under ISBN 0-15-642176-3 (Mariner Books, 1991).
Here "transfiguration" refers to the Transfiguration of Jesus and accordingly to the Church of the Transfiguration.
References
- ^ Hospital of the Transfiguration at Library of Congress
- ^ "An Insane Asylum Serves As Setting For The Early Lem", a review by Wanda Urbanska, Chicago Tribune, October 23, 1988
- ^ Hospital of the Transfiguration at IMDb
- ^ Film fragment
- ^ "SZPITAL PRZEMIENIENIA | Cały film HD Edwarda Żebrowskiego | Film wojenny/Psychologiczny [1978 PL] - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
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- Time Not Lost
- Hospital of the Transfiguration (1948)
- The Astronauts (1951)
- The Magellanic Cloud (1955)
- The Investigation (1959)
- Eden (1959)
- Return from the Stars (1961)
- Solaris (1961)
- Memoirs Found in a Bathtub (1961)
- The Invincible (1964)
- Highcastle (1966)
- His Master's Voice (1968)
- The Futurological Congress (1971)
- Professor A. Dońda (1973)
- The Chain of Chance (1975)
- Golem XIV (1981)
- Observation on the Spot (1982)
- Fiasco (1986)
- Peace on Earth (1987)
- "End of the World at Eight O'Clock" (1947)
- The Star Diaries (1957)
- "The Hunt " (1950s)
- "Terminus" (1961)
- "Lymphater's Formula" (1961)
- Fables for Robots (1964)
- The Cyberiad (1965)
- Tales of Pirx the Pilot (1966)
- "The Mask" (1974)
- Dialogs (1957)
- Summa Technologiae (1964)
- The Philosophy of Chance (1968)
- Science Fiction and Futurology (1970)
- Microworlds (1984)
- A Perfect Vacuum (1971)
- Imaginary Magnitude (1973)
- One Human Minute (1986)
- Korzenie (1940s)
- Do You Exist, Mr. Jones? (1955)
- Faithful Robot (1961)
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