tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763088504707951697.post4154337438839287635..comments2024-03-19T04:34:51.847-07:00Comments on Smorgasbook: The Healer's War by Elizabeth ScarboroughMegan Baxterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537170023931826579noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763088504707951697.post-48069209544302015612017-06-16T05:31:52.102-07:002017-06-16T05:31:52.102-07:00It really isn't! It's a very straightforwa...It really isn't! It's a very straightforward fiction book, with one fantasy element. <br /><br />For magical realism - Gabriel Garcia Marquez is the classic, of course, but I can't say I love his books. I did really like Isabel Allende's House of the Spirits. I would also classify Ali Shaw's Girl with the Glass Feet as magical realism.<br /><br />Bill and I had a discussion last night as to whether or not Timothy Findley's Headhunter might qualify, and agreed that it might. I sort of feel like Thomas King's Green Grass, Running Water might qualify as well, and it's fabulous.Megan Baxterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537170023931826579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763088504707951697.post-7770894358118289482017-06-15T09:42:20.002-07:002017-06-15T09:42:20.002-07:00Is it more magical realism, if it's not exactl...Is it more magical realism, if it's not exactly fantasy? <br /><br />Relatedly: I have an anti-magical realism bias that I should probably challenge at some point. Can you recommend one or two good ones?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250930564759272073noreply@blogger.com