Magical Realism and the Postcolonial Novel: Between Faith and Irreverence

Warnes, Christopher

This book rethinks the origins and nature of magical realism and provides detailed readings of key novels by Asturias, Carpentier, García Márquez, Rushdie, and Okri. Identifying two different strands of the mode, one characterized by faith, the other by irreverence, Warnes makes available a new vocabulary for the discussion of magical realism.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2009-03-19

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230545281

DOI: 10.1057/9780230234437

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 189