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Hospital of the Transfiguration
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Wikipedia article
'Hospital of the Transfiguration' (in Polish: 'Szpital Przemienienia'[http://lccn.loc.gov/87033659 'Hospital of the Transfiguration' at Library of Congress]) is a book by Polish writer Stanisaw 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.[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-10-23/entertainment/8802100056_1_stanislaw-lem-stefan-nazis "An Insane Asylum Serves As Setting For The Early Lem"], a review by Wanda Urbanska, 'Chicago Tribune', October 23, 1988
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, directed by .[http://repozytorium.fn.org.pl/?q=pl/node/8612 Film fragment]
'Hospital of the Transfiguration' is also available in paperback under (Mariner Books, 1991).
Here "transfiguration" refers to the Transfiguration of Jesus and accordingly to the Church of the Transfiguration.
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Category:Novels by Stanisaw Lem
Category:Novels set during World War II
Category:Novels about mental health
Category:Novels set in psychiatric hospitals
Category:1975 novels
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