![]() ![]() I am still not sure how he did that, but I was impressed. What was noteworthy here is how the author could describe horrific events, including some quite grisly details, while making me grin and even laugh out loud regularly throughout the story. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is about the civil wars of Sri Lanka, and covers the period from the early 80’s to the mid 90’s. ![]() Or maybe I find I like the author’s writing and I like the story, so that magic realism just becomes part of the experience. So by the time I sat down with this novel I had come to the realization that I liked magic realism, depending on the author. ![]() I also realized that there were books that I read prior to making that statement that used magical realism extensively and that I enjoyed: two novels by Jesmyn Ward being examples. Since then I have read books which I have very much liked that relied on magical realism, Hell of a Book being an example. Many moons ago I wrote a review in which I declared my dislike for magical realism. ![]()
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