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Original title Szpital Przemienienia Country Poland Publisher Czytelnik Originally published 1955 Page count 207 Followed by The Astronauts | 3.7/5 Goodreads Translator William Brand Language Polish Publication date 1975 Genre Science Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adaptations The Hospital of Transfiguration (1979) Similar Works by Stanisław Lem, Science Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hospital of the Transfiguration (in Polish: Szpital Przemienienia) is a book written by 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.
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 in 1979.
Hospital of the Transfiguration is also available in paperback under ISBN 0-15-642176-3 (Mariner Books, 1991).
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