Magical realism
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Magical realism, magic realism, or marvellous realism is a style or genre of fiction and art that presents a realistic view of the world while also incorporating magical elements, often blurring the l
Alejo Carpentier
Plaque of Gabriel García Márquez, Paris
Giorgio de Chirico, Love Song, 1914, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Alexander Kanoldt, Still Life II 1922
Jorge Luis Borges
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Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known works,
Magical realism
…is often associated with Latin-American literature, including founders of the genre, particularly the authors Gabriel García Márquez, Isabel Allende, Jorge Luis Borges, Juan Rulfo, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Elena Garro, Carrión Grimes, Mireya Robles, Rómulo Gallegos, Alejo Carpentier, and Arturo Uslar Pietri. In English…
Borges in 1951
Borges in 1921
Adolfo Bioy Casares, Victoria Ocampo and Borges in 1935
Borges in the 1940s