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 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.