The absurdly brilliant far-future satire from "the Borges of scientific culture" (Time).

The year is 3149, and a vast paper destroying blight -- papyralysis -- has obliterated much of the planet's written history. Fortunately, these rare memoirs, preserved for centuries in a volcanic rock, record the strange life of a man trapped in a hermetically sealed underground community...
From the Kafka Prize-winning author of Solaris, this is an entertaining and thought-provoking blend of politics, philosophy, humor, and science fiction.

Translated by Michael Kandel and Christine Rose

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