Part pulp adventure, part otherworldly meditation, this is the story of Trafalgar Medrano: intergalactic trader and lover of bitter coffee and black cigarettes. In the bars and cafes of Rosario, Argentina, he recounts tall tales of his space escapades - involving, among other things, time travel and dancing troglodytes....

Book DescriptionIn eleven chapters, Kalpa Imperial\'s multiple storytellers relate the story of a fabled nameless empire which has risen and fallen innumerable times....

Kalpa Imperial is the first of Argentinean writer Angelica Gorodischer\'s nineteen 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....