Cover of Hospital of the Transfiguration

Hospital of the Transfiguration

Czas nieutracony series

It is 1939; the Nazis have occupied Poland. A young doctor disturbed by the fate of Poland joins the staff of an insane asylum only to find a world of pain and absurdity to match that outside. Translated by William Brand. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 228 pages

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