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Magical Realism

By Tamara K. Sellman and Susan Deefholts

Your Guide to Gabo's Genre

The question of what is real is at the heart of a genre championed by Gabriel García Márquez in his fiction—especially One Hundred Years of Solitude. The genre: magical realism. How do you read it? Why should you care? Everything you need to explore the most magical of literatures is in this expert guide!

The Basics
 The Bigger Picture
 Around the World For more information about magical realism, go to MARGIN: Exploring Modern Magical Realism.