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an astonishing sequence of stories
Beth Cary (Translator)
in your family life and in your community
cooked and nursed
Kalpa Imperial Heather Parry an astonishing sequence of storiesIn city squares and golden palaces, a series of storytellers recount the history of the greatest Empire that never was: a history in which orphans rise from the underworld to the throne, mad emperors raze cities, captive dancers induce fatal delirium and murderous empresses plot against their own children. Anglica Gorodischers novel, masterfully translated by Ursula K. Le Guin, conjures a vivid fictional universe of labyrinthine cities, desert