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Magical Realism
« on: November 03, 2009, 08:04:51 PM »
I think this might be my favorite genre. Murakami is an obvious fave around these parts and I like him, too. I  read a couple of MR books last year that I liked a lot, including Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter. I would like to read some more, but I don't exactly know where to begin. 100 Years of Solitude looks interesting but I don't know if it's a good point to start... though I kind of already started.
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Re: Magical Realism
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2009, 08:13:40 PM »
Isabelle Allende's House of Spirits is excellent.  (I'm generalizing here...) but many Spanish, Mexican, South American, Native American writers use magical realism in their works.  

Well, duh, I see now that the term Magical Realism is the term used to describe certain writers from Latin America.  So I guess I knew what I was talking about, but got into the chicken/egg conundrum.
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Re: Magical Realism
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2009, 09:21:02 PM »
It's never a bad time to read 100 Years of Solitude.
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Re: Magical Realism
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2009, 09:30:23 PM »
It's never a bad time to read 100 Years of Solitude.

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Re: Magical Realism
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2009, 09:36:59 PM »
I think I'm gonna pick that one up tomorrow. As a second alternate book.
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Re: Magical Realism
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2009, 05:28:07 AM »
But Love in the Time of Cholera is twice as good!

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Re: Magical Realism
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2009, 12:18:20 PM »
Yup, I'd say read Love In The Time Of Cholera before 100 Years.  It's even better (both are great), but not as structurally jarring.
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Re: Magical Realism
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2009, 12:27:20 PM »
100 Years was my #2 book on that one list. Love was #3.

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Re: Magical Realism
« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2009, 01:36:04 PM »
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Re: Magical Realism
« Reply #9 on: November 04, 2009, 04:47:48 PM »
Yup, I'd say read Love In The Time Of Cholera before 100 Years.  It's even better (both are great), but not as structurally jarring.

What he says.

Also, if you don't limit the definition of Magical Realism to South American writers, I think Louise Erdrich's "The Last Report on the Miracle's at Little No Horse" and Marilynne Robinson's "Housekeeping" are great examples of the genre.

 

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