Tag: magical realism
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Forum Friday: What do you recommend for magical realism?
This one’s for the readers– and for me, because I love magical realism, and haven’t read nearly enough of it. Laura Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate may be the only full-length novel I’ve read that employs it throughout (ex: tears gushing into floods, quail cooked with rose petals that ignite feelings of passion when eaten, […]
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30 Stories, Day 7: A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
On day 7 of my 30 day short story challenge I get into magical realism. *Rubs hands together* Eeeeexcellent… “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel García Márquez The light was so weak at noon that when Pelayo was coming back to the house after throwing away the crabs, it was hard for […]
Julie Israel 