This volume includes Stanislav Lem's early short stories (1946-1953) and poems (1975), as well as the novels The High Castle and The Transfiguration Hospital, filled with autobiographical impressions. In The High Castle, the famous science fiction writer Stanislav Lem tries to answer the question "What kind of child was I?" He analyzes the motives of his actions, memories of childhood images and the process of growing up. Lem describes his hometown through people and various household items: a school satchel, details of pockets, shop windows, a grandfather's chest and books. He talks about his own feelings and tries to analyze, together with the reader, a closed introverted boy from the height of his years. Lem shares experiences and emotions that are more or less familiar to everyone. Five reasons to buy 1 from the author of the cult works "Solaris", "The Star Diaries of Ion Tikhy" and "Stories about Pilot Pirx". 2For all fans of smart science fiction. 3 is an autobiographical novel by the famous science fiction writer, which tells about the formation of personality and life in Poland between the two world wars. Stanislav Lem is one of the most famous Polish authors in the world. His books have been translated into 41 languages and have sold 30,000,000 copies worldwide.