Magical realism from "summary" of One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
In Macondo, fantastical events blend seamlessly with everyday occurrences, blurring the line between reality and myth. The Buendía family experiences time in a non-linear fashion, with past, present, and future intertwining in a continuous loop. This fluidity of time mirrors the cyclical nature of life in Macondo, where history repeats itself and patterns are perpetually reenacted. Magical elements, such as levitating objects and characters ascending to the heavens, coexist with mundane activities like cooking and cleaning. This juxtaposition creates a world where the extraordinary becomes ordinary, and the boundaries between the supernatural and the natural blur. The characters in the novel accept these magical occurrences without question, as if they were an everyday ...
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