The Chain of Chance

by Stanislaw Lem, Louis Iribarne (Translator)

Overview

A former astronaut turned private detective is dispatched to Naples to discover the pattern in a mysterious series of deaths and disappearances occurring at a seaside spa. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780156165006
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	05/11/1984
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	839,895
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Stanislaw Lem (1921-2006) was the most widely translated and best known science fiction author writing outside of the English language. Winner of the Kafka Prize, he was a contributor to many magazines, including the New Yorker, and the author of numerous works, including Solaris.

Editorial Reviews

"[Lem is] a Jorge Luis Borges for the Space Age, who plays in earnest with every concept of philosophy and physics, from free will to probability theory." —New York Times Book Review

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