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Hospital of the Transfiguration

1975 book by Stanisław Lem

Hospital of the Transfiguration (in Polish: Szpital Przemienienia[1]) is a book by Polish writer 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.[2]

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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 (Hospital of the Transfiguration) in 1979, directed by Edward Żebrowski [pl].[3][4][5]

Hospital of the Transfiguration is also available in paperback under ISBN 0-15-642176-3 (Mariner Books, 1991).

Here "transfiguration" refers to the Transfiguration of Jesus and accordingly to the Church of the Transfiguration.

References

  1. [1]
    Hospital of the Transfiguration at Library of Congress
  2. [2]
    "An Insane Asylum Serves As Setting For The Early Lem", a review by Wanda Urbanska, Chicago Tribune, October 23, 1988
  3. [3]
    Hospital of the Transfiguration at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  4. [4]
    Film fragment
  5. [5]
    "SZPITAL PRZEMIENIENIA | Cały film HD Edwarda Żebrowskiego | Film wojenny/Psychologiczny [1978 PL] - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
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