Hospital of the Transfiguration

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]

Hospital of the Transfiguration

First standalone edition (1975)
Author	Stanisław Lem
Original title	Szpital Przemienienia
Translator	William Brand
Language	Polish
Publisher	Czytelnik
Publication date	1975
Publication place	Poland
Published in English	1988
Media type	Print
Pages	207
ISBN	0-15-142186-2
LC Class	PG7158.L39 S913 1988
Preceded by	Man From Mars
Followed by	The Astronauts

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.