Kalpa Imperial

A dazzling tapestry of myth, fantasy and folk tale from Argentina`s great writer of speculative fiction, in a translation by Ursula K. Le Guin In city squares and glittering palaces, a series of storytellers recount the many deaths and rebirths of the greatest Empire that never was: a history in which beggars rise to the Golden Throne, mad emperors raze cities and murderous empresses plot against their own children. Angélica Gorodischer`s dreamlike novel, masterfully translated by Ursula K. Le Guin, conjures a labyrinthine fictional universe of magical lore, broken dynasties and an Empire fated to rise, fall and rise again. `A landmark of Spanish-language imaginative fiction: a lyrical work that reimagines fantasy and myth from one of Argentina`s most brilliant writers` Mariana Enriquez, author of Our Share of Night