The – now shop-worn – label of ‘magical realism' is customarily applied to Márquez's novels. It has never fitted Vargas Llosa, who disavows the adjective. (Perry Anderson)

The – now shop-worn – label of ‘magical realism' is customarily applied to Márquez's novels. It has never fitted Vargas Llosa, who disavows the adjective.

Perry Anderson

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