tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176298515094230212.post7188371191182873672..comments2023-04-13T08:54:32.218-04:00Comments on Jester Harley's Manuscript Page: Guest blogger: Fantasy writer Rhys HughesAnne E. Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08330642610716333970noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176298515094230212.post-25197635210563368502011-08-13T06:06:45.922-04:002011-08-13T06:06:45.922-04:00Thanks for the feedback, folks! Ever since writing...Thanks for the feedback, folks! Ever since writing this short article and listing some of my favourite 'Magic Realism' novels I've inevitably thoughts of lots of other titles I wish I had included as well!<br /><br />Salman Rushdie's *The Moor's Last Sigh*, for example, or Laura Esquivel's *Like Water for Chocolate*, or Ngugi wa Thiong'o's *Wizard for the Crow*... Too many to list really!<br /><br />Thanks again for all your comments!Rhyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12804628726352473933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176298515094230212.post-58958349658866224822011-08-12T11:58:57.558-04:002011-08-12T11:58:57.558-04:00Oh wow, what great info! Thanks for the clarificat...Oh wow, what great info! Thanks for the clarification between the two. And I absolutely love the "shadowy character".Allyn Stotzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00125021589041199877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176298515094230212.post-4203030713175591822011-08-12T06:50:32.715-04:002011-08-12T06:50:32.715-04:00Thanks for this. Sometimes it's hard to distin...Thanks for this. Sometimes it's hard to distinguish between genres that seem so similar. Magical realism, fantasy, paranormal--it's nice to get some clarification.Kelly Hashwayhttp://www.kellyhashway.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176298515094230212.post-76417069274179277892011-08-12T00:43:35.734-04:002011-08-12T00:43:35.734-04:00We covered magic realism in high school; I charact...We covered magic realism in high school; I characterized my old e-zine as "magical realism" based on my teacher's definition. This definition reflected ordinary life as we experience it--except that it also included some magical component which was taken as unremarkable by onlookers. This particular definition captures why I love a lot of horror, actually. Horror takes a world very like our own, but adds a significant tweak or two that makes me look at this world and go, "Wait, but . . . which of these is really real, and are they really that dissimilar?" Granted, that's a better feeling to have with my beloved My Little Pony figures than with horror monsters, but the core questioning is delightful to me regardless. Also delightful? That picture! Love it.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06036505968642985025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176298515094230212.post-26705277182620134482011-08-11T23:18:42.713-04:002011-08-11T23:18:42.713-04:00Loved this post! Loved it mainly because I read a ...Loved this post! Loved it mainly because I read a book in my teens that I couldn't place it anywhere. Till now, I'm still not entirely sure if Mark Helprin's "Winter's Tale" belongs to magic realism. (I couldn't place it under Fantasy, cos ... it just wasn't!) Whichever category it comes under, it's certainly a book that's given me so much hope, courage and love for beauty. And if that's magic realism, then I love this genre! <br /><br />Am intrigued by 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' now. (Yep, I must be one of the few who hasn't read it yet ...)<br /><br />Thanks for this post!Claudine Guehhttp://www.carryusoffbooks.com/blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176298515094230212.post-3488789954029232912011-08-11T22:38:39.551-04:002011-08-11T22:38:39.551-04:00Wow, very neat. I loved that. What a great post. I...Wow, very neat. I loved that. What a great post. I never really got the difference between magic, and magic realism, so it really helped clarify that.Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18293316104653990391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176298515094230212.post-38482957021743676512011-08-11T17:45:16.169-04:002011-08-11T17:45:16.169-04:00Enjoyed your guest’s post, Anne. I was interested ...Enjoyed your guest’s post, Anne. I was interested in “el realismo mágico” being translated as Magic Realism. I usually refer to it as magical realism. Love the following authors represented on the list: Allende, Márquez, Rulfo, Vargas-Llosa, Carpentier y Cortázar. I was pleased to find such a discussion in my blogging world. That first sentence of Cien años de soledad “Muchos años después, frente al pelotón de fusilamiento, el coronel Aureliano Buendía había de recordar aquella tarde remota en que su padre lo llevó a conocer el hielo.” has to be one of the most memorable first lines ever. Indeed, Isabel Allende’s first line “Everyone is born with some special talent, and Eliza Sommers discovered early on that she had two: a good sense of smell and a good memory” captured me from the beginning as it carried me through the sense of smell and the time dimension of memory. Delightful guest entry…thank you for arranging it. PS I came over from Deb Bryan's site.<br />No trackbacks yet. <br />Leave a Reply Cancel replyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176298515094230212.post-90521222026673422962011-08-11T12:39:34.939-04:002011-08-11T12:39:34.939-04:00My only experience with magic realism was reading ...My only experience with magic realism was reading Aimee Bender's "The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake," so I couldn't help reading this article with that novel in my mind. I was quite baffled by it when I came across it in this book and wasn't sure how I felt about it for some time. I appreciate the insights offered here. Thanks Rhys and thanks Anne.inluvwithwordshttp://outonalimbshywritergoessocial.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176298515094230212.post-3680214418003749012011-08-11T09:17:17.238-04:002011-08-11T09:17:17.238-04:00"The best magical realists were either unawar..."The best magical realists were either unaware they were writing magic realism, or else they disowned the label when it was applied to their own work..." <br /><br />Seems this is true of a lot of the great, innovative works in all categories of the arts. We force them into genres later. <br /><br />Thanks for the terrific essay, Rhys.Anne E. Johnsonhttp://anneejohnson.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176298515094230212.post-74547920654331713012011-08-11T09:13:32.684-04:002011-08-11T09:13:32.684-04:00How interesting! Thanks for sharing : )How interesting! Thanks for sharing : )KatieChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365154373483382775noreply@blogger.com