it's from the collection called, in English, 'A Perfect Vacuum', Josephine.
There is confusion about Lem's bibliography as the English translations and
the Polish originals aren't always quite alike in their contents.
Best
Dave
David Bircumshaw
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From: "Printmaker" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: Noble Mouse
> "david.bircumshaw" wrote:
> >
> > PS
> >
> > Josephine, 'Gruppenfuhrer Louis XVI' is no misnomer - one of the points
of
> > the parable is that the Nazis can't even get the name right - throughout
> > they can't talk French but everyone has to pretend they are doing so,
the
> > whole piece is a devastating satire on the intellectual pretensions of
the
> > Third Reich, Lem being of that generation who came to maturity during
the
> > Second World War, which in Poland wasn't a fun place to be.
>
> Dave
>
> I dont recall this one at all, but I have a Polish friend
> who owns a lot of his stuff in polish. She was surprised I
> had even heard of him.
>
> It was the irony of the missionary tale that stuck in my
> memory.
>
> Josie
>
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