![]() ![]() What has this got to do with a book written in two halves, by two authors, an Israeli and a Palestinian? The answer is simple: practically everything. That is why these writers were part of what was called "realismo mágico", magic realism. ![]() Indeed, in his works, in the same way as in the works of other Argentinean writers such as Adolfo Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo, Julio Cortázar and Manuel Mujica Láinez, reality is not always "real", but it is distorted through the lens of fantasy, of the improbable, the impossible and the incredible. Jorge Luis Borges claimed, "Reality is not always probable, or likely". Book Review: Etgar Keret and Samir El-Youssef's Gaza Blues ![]()
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