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LITERATURE: 100 Years – Magical Realism Continued

Posted on October 20, 2005 by susan

As a young boy, Aureliano Segundo asks Ursula to see the locked room where Melquiades had stayed and had written tomes of undecipherable (to most) words: "He demanded so much, promised with such insistence that he would not mistreat the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: 100 Years – Magical Realism

Posted on October 19, 2005 by susan

Marquez is a master of weaving fantasy into a novel of realism to hold the reader’s interest, allow him to accept or interpret, yet at the same time, doubt the credibility of our narrator.  Is he speaking metaphorically?  Is he … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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