Sentences with phrase «like magical realism»

And some, like the magical realism - infused The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler, take place in a past so recent — in this case, 1996 — that adult readers will recognize elements like VCRs and cordless phones... maybe from their own teen years.

Wilson continues, «I like the absurd, I like magical realism, I like fairy tales.

Not exact matches

I like fiction, I like science fiction, magical realism and fantasy movies.

The philosopher Stanley Cavell has called the classic screwball movies like The Awful Truth (1937) and The Lady Eve (1941) «comedies of remarriage,» in which couples are rudely bounced from their Edenic connubial gardens and reunited (after a series of farcical / magical contrivances) in a spirit of wry realism: This time they know they'll live bumpily ever after.

A mix of distinctive cultural detail with magical realism, «Whale Rider» is still a fascinating and uplifting motion picture — a tale of tribal tradition and female empowerment that's like a live - action model for Disney's «Moana.»

Like Water For Chocolate Year: 1992 Director: Alfonso Arau An adaptation of Laura Esquievel's novel about Mexican cooking and magical realism, Like Water for Chocolate depicts the passionate but forbidden love between two young people, Tita and Pedro.

Allende is best known for her memoirs, historical fiction and magical realism, so this novel sounds like a departure — if only because of its contemporary setting.

I saw someone describe this element of the book as «magical realism,» but, honestly, to me it never seemed like magic that Margie's ovary would be, as she calls it, «a radar for helpless things.»

@Jason I write something similar, upmarket fantasy or magical realism that has a lot of spirituality (it's Christian, but the current Christian market wouldn't like it), and this has made it tricky to find an agent and publisher because of the reasons you listed.

I realize contemporary writers like Karen Russell and Haruki Murakami have put their own spin on the magical realism form, but I'm still concerned that because my writing has a more cultural, historical - flashback, language - oriented feel to it, it might not be well received by readers looking for something more current to read.

Like a collection of Angela Carter short stories brought to rich, brooding life, this fascinating work of magical realism is a moving exploration of family and death.

«Along the line of storm skirts, I like exploring hyper - reality and magical realism,» Anna says.

Are they intended to be specifically recognizable, or is the work more freely associative, like a strain of magical realism?

Like art history's Mannerists and Surrealists or litterature's Magical Realism, Cooper & Gorfer strain observable reality through a complex psychological filter of memories, moods and wounds.

Magical realism thrives: it's like seeing a Gabriel García Márquez story come to life, with lions and people, orange and purple skins, vivid and extreme environments in which individuals clash and collide.