Overview
A mode in which the extraordinary is presented as ordinary within a realistic setting, often used to carry history, memory, and myth in Latin American fiction.
Key Figures
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jorge Luis Borges, Isabel Allende
Key Works
Garcia Marquez's 'A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings' (1955), Borges's 'Ficciones' (1944)
Themes
- —The extraordinary in the ordinary
- —History and myth
- —Memory
- —Time
Sources and further reading