Kalpa Imperial. Il più grande impero mai esistito

Of course, I read this because it was translated by Ursula K. LeGuin. I can see why she liked it - the book touches on many of the themes that LeGuin deals with in her own work. As usual (actually, without a known exception) LeGuin will not steer you wrong. (I've started buying any book that I see LeG Leggi tutto

Sobre el género fantástico, sus pilares y obras maestras hay mucho que decir, opiniones diversas y muchos "pensamientos propios", pero creo que en ningún listado debería faltar 'Kalpa imperial' de Angélica Gorodischer. Olvidada en muchos casos por el poco interés editorial y en otros simplemente por Leggi tutto

Este libro está perrísimo, léanlooooooooooo. LO AMÉ. NO MANCHEN, es lo mejor del mundo. Que buena manera de contar historias. Me recordó muchísimo a Las Mil y Una Noches. http://www.neapoulain.com/2020/08/kal... Quiero empezar esta reseña hablándoles un poco de #ALImaginaria (si ya siguen a la maravil Leggi tutto

Bueno, un chasco. Después de tantos años oyendo hablar de Kalpa Imperial y con las ganas que le tenía no me ha convencido en absoluto. En parte porque es un tipo de literatura que no me llega, posiblemente no sea el mejor lector para este libro. No me gusta el tono... ¿profético? y propone una líric Leggi tutto

This is a collection of SFF stories, set in the same universe. I read it as a part of monthly reading for January-February 2022 at Speculative Fiction in Translation group. A note about the author and translator. Angélica Gorodischern was born in 1929 in Buenos Aires and has lived most of her life in Leggi tutto

If you like Ursula Le Guin's work, it's worth trying Kalpa Imperial, even though Le Guin isn't the author, only the translator. She was obviously the ideal choice of translator for Gorodischer's style; there's no sense of distance from the story, or rather stories, that you often get with translatio Leggi tutto