Trafalgar

Both deeply thoughtful and immensely playful … Here we have a kind of magical realism for science fiction … What is at the heart of every incident, every interlude, is a luminous exploration of humanity: love, power, death, the known and the unknown … Contemplative, provoking, bizarre - and brilliant. Quite, quite brilliant * Tor *
A novel that is unlike anything I’ve ever read, one part pulp adventure to one part realistic depiction of the affluent, nearly-idle bourgeoisie, but always leaning more towards the former in its inventiveness and pure sense of fun * Los Angeles Review of Books *
Understated and impressive … Gorodischer takes well-worn tropes in entertaining directions that both evoke their golden age roots and transcend them with a layer of absurdism. A joy to read * Publisher’s Weekly *
Gorodischer’s tales are a perfect blend of Argentine reality and sci-fi fantasy. The reader can hear every word of the original whispered behind this translation by Amalia Gladhart

Angelica Gorodischer (1928-2022)

Born in Buenos Aires, Angelica Gorodischer was most closely associated with the city of Rosario, her home since childhood and also the home of her famous character, Trafalgar Medrano. She wrote over twenty books, including Trafalgar (1979) and the fantastical Kalpa Imperial (1983-4), which was translated into English by Ursula K. Le Guin. Her work has been compared to that of Borges and Calvino. Gorodischer won numerous literary prizes and an award for her contribution to women’s rights. In 2011, she received a World Fantasy Award for lifetime achievement.

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