A Perfect Vacuum

by Stanislaw Lem, Michael Kandel (Translator)

Overview

This is a collection of perfect yet imaginary reviews of nonexistent books. With insidious wit, the author beguiles us with a parade of delightful, disarmingly familiar inventions. "Lem is Harpo Marx and Franz Kafka and Isaac Asimov rolled up into one and down the white rabbit's hole" (Detroit News). A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780156716864
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	04/20/1983
Series:	A Helen and Kurt Wolff Bk.
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	238
Sales rank:	986,715
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Stanislaw Lem (1921-2006) was the most widely translated and best known science fiction author writing outside of the English language. Winner of the Kafka Prize, he was a contributor to many magazines, including the New Yorker, and the author of numerous works, including Solaris.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Stanislaw Lem:

"[Lem is] a Jorge Luis Borges for the Space Age, who plays in earnest with every concept of philosophy and physics, from free will to probability theory."
—New York Times Book Review

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