Memoirs Found in a Bathtub

Lem, Stanislaw

ISBN 10: 0233987894 / ISBN 13: 9780233987897

Published by Andre Deutsch, London, 1971

About this Item

Octavo in red cloth in white dust jacket with color illustration; 188 pp., 22 cm. In English. || Translated by Michael Kandel and Christine Rose; Fine copy in near fine dust jacket; jacket has lightest edgewear; no tears; very lightly bumped upper open corner of cover boards; light thin 2" scuff to back cover cloth; o/w tight clean copy with crisp, bright pages and clean edges; very gently used. Bookseller Inventory # 85517

Bibliographic Details

Title: Memoirs Found in a Bathtub

Publisher: Andre Deutsch, London

Publication Date: 1971

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: near fine

Edition: first edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

The year is 3149, and a vast paper destroying blight-papyralysis-has obliterated much of the planet's written history. However, these rare memoirs, preserved for centuries in a volcanic rock, record the strange life of a man trapped in a hermetically sealed underground community.

About the Author:

Stanislaw Lem is the most widely translated and best known science fiction author writing outside of the English language. Winner of the Kafka Prize, he is a contributor to many magazines, including the New Yorker, and he is the author of numerous works, including Solaris.<br /><br />JEFF WOODMAN originated the title role in Tennessee Williams' &quot;The Notebook of Trigorin&quot; and won the san Francisco Critics' circle Award for his performance in &quot;an Ideal Husband&quot; In addition to numerous Off-Broadway credits, his TV appearances include <i>Law &amp; Order, Sex and the City</i>, and <i>Cosby</i>. His more than 200 audiobook narrations has earned him numerous awards, including a <i>People</i> magazine &quot;Annual Top Five&quot; citation and a spot in <i>AudioFile</i> magazine's &quot;Top Fifty Voices of the Century&quot;.