Mémoires trouvés dans une baignoire
by:
Stanisław Lem (author)
ISBN:
9782702100356 (270210035X)
Publish date: April 1st 1975
Publisher: Calmann-Lévy
Pages no: 253
Edition language: French
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Novels,
Humor,
Science Fiction,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Philosophy,
Dystopia,
Polish Literature,
Poland
Memoirs Found in a Bathtub caught my eye simply for the novelty of the title and that bizarre cover. This book is difficult to sum up or even to rate as it truly has no discernible plot. Lest you dismiss it immediately because of this fact, let me assure you that there's much to recommend this title...
The premise is that a scientist is sent to Solaris (a planet with a space station) only to discover that the 3 inhabitants which he was meant to meet have been reduced to two. Our main character, Kris Kelvin, arrives hoping to crack the enigma of the alien ocean which comprises the whole of the plan...
درباره این کتاب در ویکیپدیای فارسی:http://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/خاطرات_پیدا_شده_در_وان_حمام
The obvious natural conclusion of bureaucracy and paranoia. I've heard this is supposed to be satire, but I'm not convinced it is.