How to Use magic realism in a Sentence

magic realism

noun

• There’s something about the angst of white-collar men that lends itself to magic realism.
  — Judy Berman, Time, 15 Oct. 2019
• From there, the tale takes flight in a way that comes close to magic realism, with the characters and events falling into a gothic swoon.
  — Charlotte Graham, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2018
• This isn’t to say that there’s no way to imagine wedding American crisis and magic realism.
  — New York Times, 20 May 2021
• Cristin Milioti is no stranger to magic realism comedies, or to body glitter.
  — Vulture, 27 July 2022
• Salman Rushdie’s 13th novel is a dramatic trans-Atlantic tale that marks his swerve from magic realism to realism.
  — Nina Martyris, Slate Magazine, 21 Sep. 2017
• Of course, magic realism is a genre that has been operating in literature for almost a century, in film for 30 years.
  — John Petkovic, cleveland.com, 11 Apr. 2018
• Top Indian leaders, though, are wallowing in their own world of magic realism.
  — Shivam Vij, Quartz India, 14 Oct. 2019
• The same camerawork that captures residents’ gritty lives prepares the viewer for the magic realism of its final act.
  — Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2022
• Pulley adroitly departs from the historical record to make the Peruvian story her own, turning it into a work of magic realism.
  — Sara Wheeler, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2017
• Call it gentle magic realism, a playful twist on the everyday that prepares the reader for more profound breaches of reality.
  — Ed Park, The New York Review of Books, 14 Mar. 2023
• Based on historical events (with layers of magic realism, Achebe-style allegory, and folklore ladled on top), Couto’s ninth novel is the first in a trilogy.
  — Vanity Fair, Vanities, 2 Apr. 2018
• Songwriters draw on the grim language of news bulletins, and military terminology, put to literary use, takes on a kind of magic realism.
  — Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2023
• Boyle’s diverse body of work also explores multiculturalism and often combines sharp satire and magic realism in a unique way.
  — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2020
• Lin builds sinuous rhythms that intersect with gorgeous melodies that create a magic realism that melds our complex past with our tangled present, all the while elevating art and consciousness.
  — Oprah Winfrey and Quiara Alegria Hudes, Town & Country, 9 May 2018
• Unlike the magic realism that is a constant in her early influences, director Spike Lee's work inspired her in a completely different way.
  — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 10 Feb. 2023
• Not without its flaws, but interesting as an example of Latin American literature outside of the box of magic realism.
  — Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2021
• The flashbacks play out in a mock-heroic style with tinges of magic realism — a leopard emerging from the forest at an opportune moment, a gang boss punishing his enemies in a particularly crushing manner.
  — Mike Hale, New York Times, 6 July 2018
• It’s a modern-day psychosexual fable of co-dependency and abusive relationships between a young woman and a big bear, to be lensed as a chamber drama with touches of horror and magic realism.
  — Annika Pham, Variety, 24 Jan. 2022
• Salier comes from a graphic background and is passionate about science fiction, comics, manga, South American literature and magic realism.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 6 Oct. 2022
• Another project dabbling in magic realism will see a medical student kidnapped for ransom and exposed to the dark realities of a society with tragic wealth disparities.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 19 July 2022
• There are more than just a few Sapphic suggestions here, along with the religious lunacy, sadism, hallucinations, magic realism and a visual vocabulary rooted in horror.
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 24 May 2018
• That included injecting elements of magic realism, body horror and sci-fi into his Indigenous storylines.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2022
• Without plunging into full anachronism, the film happily plays both fast and loose with history, its tone frequently wobbling between melodrama, magic realism, and the more traditional structures of classic period drama.
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 6 Sep 2024