Magical Realism and the Postcolonial Novel: Between Faith and Irreverence

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.

Author: Christopher Warnes
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 03/19/2009
Pages: 189
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.42d
ISBN: 9781137440860

About the Author
CHRISTOPHER WARNES is University Lecturer in English and a Fellow of St John's College, University of Cambridge, UK.