A playful, witty, reflective memoir of childhood by the science fiction master Stanis aw Lem.
With Highcastle, Stanis aw Lem offers a memoir of his childhood and youth in prewar Lvov. Reflective, artful, witty, playful I was a monster, he observes ruefully this lively and charming book describes a youth spent reading voraciously (he was especially interested in medical texts and French novels), smashing toys, eating pastries, and being terrorized by insects. Often lonely, the young Lem bel ...