Abstract

This paper deals with one of the most polysemic novels by Stanisław Lem – Pamiętnik znaleziony w wannie. The protagonist's world, bereft of liaison with what is outside, contains itself in the mind of the hero. Paradoxically, it is impossible to achieve self-identification, indissolubly linked with isolation, in the labyrinth of corridors. “I” of the protagonist, striving to “be oneself” cannot attain plenitude of identity because it is not able to define itself in relation to the structures of the Building.