Comments on: Magical Realism, Part I https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/2016/07/magical-realism-part-i/ #MSWL: What do you wish you had in your inbox? Thu, 21 Jul 2016 17:25:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: jack mcgee https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/2016/07/magical-realism-part-i/#comment-65 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 17:25:27 +0000 https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/?p=1165#comment-65 Waiting impatiently for Part II. Rewriting opening specifically for more focus on MR in my H/LF. Many thanks Roseanne.

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By: Mona AlvaradoFrazier https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/2016/07/magical-realism-part-i/#comment-64 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 22:51:22 +0000 https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/?p=1165#comment-64 I’m looking forward to the next post on definitions. When I described my WIP to someone and explained it had to do with curanderismo, the ancient Mexican art of healing, someone said it was magical realism. I don’t see curanderas (the healers) as magic nor the healing arts as magic, but the person insisted my WIP is magical realism.

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By: Karen Duvall https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/2016/07/magical-realism-part-i/#comment-63 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 20:09:20 +0000 https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/?p=1165#comment-63 I’m eager to read your second post on this subject. I’ve always loved magical realism, though I have to admit I’m one of those who think of it as realism with surreal elements (not “magic” a la Harry Potter), so I could be wrong in my assumptions. My favorites are novels by Alice Hoffman, which I consider magical realism, and Beloved by Toni Morrison, Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, and Chocolat by Joann Harris.

I used to write urban fantasy, but it no longer interests me very much. I’m currently working on a novel set in a small coastal town where a waiting storm still out at sea is affected by the emotions of the town’s people, one character in particular. It’s a metaphor for the overall theme of the story that centers around forgiveness. I consider it magical realism (though there is no magic other than superstition).

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By: Dianne Gardner https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/2016/07/magical-realism-part-i/#comment-62 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 18:53:37 +0000 https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/?p=1165#comment-62 I would love to know more. I mix magic with history and am wondering if my work falls under this category.

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