Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-173) and index.
Contents
Rediscovering magical realism in the Americas -- The booming voice of magical realism in Latin America -- "Advancing the opposite direction from reality": magical realism, alchemy, and One hundred years of solitude -- Who'll buy these magic beans? The North American magical realism experience -- "Suspended between the nastiness of life and the meanness of the dead": beloved as the physical embodiment of magical realism -- Marginally magical : magical realism infringing the mainstream -- Conclusion : magical spaces in real places.