Magical Realism

The Magical Realism of Ficciones

Jorge Luis Borges' Ficciones is a collection of short stories all designed around a particular theme: reality. More specifically, Borges…

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Must Read Books in the Magical Realism Genre

At the dawn of the 20th Century a few very brilliant minds were hard at work defining and crafting an…

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Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies and Toni Morrison’s Beloved

The field of artistic expression is a broad one, a world which features as many unique styles as it has…

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Like Water for Chocolate: Taking Love and Life to the Kitchen

Laura Esquivel's Like Water for Chocolate exudes an aura of rich Mexican culture erupting with historical significance and mystical realism.…

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Magical Realism: North America’s Top Five Authors

"Magical Realism" is a broadly descriptive term for a movement in fiction originally brought to prominence by the surreal works…

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Magical Realism Books at Their Best

I have always been fascinated by books which bring fantastical elements into our everyday world, a genre referred to as…

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Life of Pi: A Beautiful Tale of Magical Realism

Life of Pi by Yann Martel won the Mann Booker Prize in 2002. Despite the acclaim it has received, it…

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Three Underrated Contemporary Science Fiction Writers

The pool of science fiction writers is seemingly endless, but some writers receive more attention and awards than others. This…

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