The Speculative Short Fiction of Angélica Gorodischer

Angélica Gorodischer, (28 July 1928 – 5 February 2022) daughter of the writer Angélica de Arcal, was born in 1929 in Buenos Aires and lived most of her life in Rosario, Argentina. From her first book of stories, she displayed a mastery of science-fiction themes, handled with her own personal slant, and exemplary of the South American fantasy tradition. Oral narrative techniques are a strong influence in her work, most notably in Kalpa Imperial, which since its publication has been considered a major work of modern fantasy narrative. She has received many awards for her work including the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award. Her literature had a feminist perspective. Contents: Man's Dwelling Place, The Perfect Married Woman, Letters from an English Lady, Under the Flowering Juleps, The Resurrection of the Flesh, The Sense of the Circle, The Unmistakable Smell of Wood Violets, The Violet's Embryos, Trafalgar and Josefina.