magical realism

Two years after announcing his retirement, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, master of magical realism, is on the verge of publishing another novel…this one a “novel of love,” according to those in the know. Look for the as yet untitled work to appear before the end of the year.

Awesome news indeed, this.

In the magical realism genre, Gabriel Garcia Marquez is king. His Nobel prize-winning novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude, is a fiction enthusiast’s must read. Today, after a twenty-five year absence, Marquez visited his home town of Aracataca and was greeted like royalty.