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Kalpa Imperial

Small Beer Press is proud to present Kalpa Imperial, the history of an imaginary empire, by Angelica Gorodischer, a major South American fantasist and translated by Ursula K. Le Guin, one of North America’s most dazzling and fearless writers. Gorodischer and Le Guin, born in the same year, are a well-matched, sly and delightful team of magician-storytellers. Rarely have author and translator been such an effortless pairing. Kalpa Imperial is a powerful introduction to Angelica Gorodische and will enthrall readers already familiar with the worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin.


This is the first of Argentinean writer Angelica Gorodischer's many award-winning books to be translated into English. In eleven chapters, Kalpa Imperial's multiple storytellers relate the story of a fabled nameless empire which has risen and fallen innumerable times. Fairy tales, oral histories and political commentaries are all woven tapestry-style into Kalpa Imperial: beggars become emperors, democracies become dictatorships, and history becomes legends and stories.

But this is much more than a simple political allegory or fable. It is also a celebration of the power of storytelling. Gorodischer and translator Ursula K. Le Guin are a well-matched, sly and delightful team of magician-storytellers. Rarely have author and translator been such an effortless pairing. Kalpa Imperial is a powerful introduction to the writing of Angelica Gorodischer, a novel which will enthrall readers already familiar with the worlds of Le Guin.

Kalpa Imperial has been awarded the Prize "Mas Alla" (1984), the Prize "Sigfrido Radaelli" (1985) and also the Prize Poblet (1986). It has had four editions in Spanish: Minotauro (Buenos Aires), Alcor (Barcelona), Gigamesh (Barcelona), and Planeta Emece Editions (Buenos Aires).

Small Beer Press is proud to present Kalpa Imperial, the history of an imaginary empire, by Angelica Gorodischer, a major South American fantasist and translated by Ursula K. Le Guin, one of North America’s most dazzling and fearless writers. Gorodischer and Le Guin, born in the same year, are a well-matched, sly and delightful team of magician-storytellers. Rarely have author and translator been such an effortless pairing. Kalpa Imperial is a powerful introduction to Angelica Gorodische and will enthrall readers already familiar with the worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin.


This is the first of Argentinean writer Angelica Gorodischer's many award-winning books to be translated into English. In eleven chapters, Kalpa Imperial's multiple storytellers relate the story of a fabled nameless empire which has risen and fallen innumerable times. Fairy tales, oral histories and political commentaries are all woven tapestry-style into Kalpa Imperial: beggars become emperors, democracies become dictatorships, and history becomes legends and stories.

But this is much more than a simple political allegory or fable. It is also a celebration of the power of storytelling. Gorodischer and translator Ursula K. Le Guin are a well-matched, sly and delightful team of magician-storytellers. Rarely have author and translator been such an effortless pairing. Kalpa Imperial is a powerful introduction to the writing of Angelica Gorodischer, a novel which will enthrall readers already familiar with the worlds of Le Guin.

Kalpa Imperial has been awarded the Prize "Mas Alla" (1984), the Prize "Sigfrido Radaelli" (1985) and also the Prize Poblet (1986). It has had four editions in Spanish: Minotauro (Buenos Aires), Alcor (Barcelona), Gigamesh (Barcelona), and Planeta Emece Editions (Buenos Aires).

I think we found their website around 8 years ago.

We immediately wanted to have their T-shirts.
Ska T-shirts.
About beer.

It was to expensive to let them send to Europe.

We had to forget the beautiful opportunity to walk around with the nicest beershirts there were.

Suddenly I saw my neighbour walking with this T.

I loved it, I said. & I told him the story above.

After 2 months he came to me. Whether I wanted to have that T.

His little daughter was scared of the skeleton. Didn't want to see it anymore.

After 8 years.

I got this T personally from Eric Warner, the CEO of the Flying Dog Brewery.

3 Months later he resigned.

Does that lower the value of the gift, I asked myself.

I don't know why this question came up to me. I just had to admit that it did.

It's strange that some things are more special to me if I can measure a certain value to it.

I think it's a bit embarassing since I came to realize that.

At least in this occasion I'm being honest to myself.