Magic realism has become so commonplace, so trivialized, that its future as a mirror of deeper truth is being compromised. The technique has begun to lose its usefulness as a literary device. The ...

When Colonel Aureliano Buendia faced the firing squad, time slipped away, and his life became a dream. Before him rose the mythical town of Macondo and its retinue of gypsies and their pipes and ...

This week, Delray Beach reference and young adult librarian Adam S. Davis discusses magic realism and how the writing style — made popular by writers such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez — has influenced ...

I need a myth fix from time to time. When I feel fragile or drained of energy for whatever reason, I reach for a book of magical realism to get me through the doldrums. Myra Dutton is the author of ...

In the recent short story by Chilean author Alberto Fuguet "Mas Estrellas Que en el Cielo" ("More Stars Than in the Sky"), two young Chileans are holding forth in a Los Angeles coffee shop. The ...

“Bone Gap” won the National Book Award for young people’s literature, maybe partly because of the genre: Magical realism. What is magical realism? Writing that incorporates fantastic or mythical ...

There was a time not so long ago when Latin American literature, as it appeared on college syllabi, in critical discourse, and in writers' own spheres of influence, summoned up the whimsical and ...

The Netflix series "One Hundred Years of Solitude" launches on December 11. It remains to be seen whether fans think it does the cult novel justice. On location in Colombia, however, the atmosphere ...

The Colombian Football Federation (FCF) and adidas have unveiled the new official home kit that the Colombia National Team ...