What is "magical realism"

Usage examples of "magical realism".

Le Guin, whose work shares in that imaginative transformation of the world sometimes called magical realism, sci­.

She supposes this is to be expected, because, after all, South American writers created the literary style known as magical realism.

They arise as a part of life, entwined with the history of the people and their land, much in the way such elements are handled in the magical realism of South American writers like Marquez, rather than as startling marvels that North Americans would feel compelled to rationalize.

I say this to Jamie and he tells me I've been reading too many South American novels, too much magical realism.