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Other Birds

by Sarah Addison Allen · 2022

Magical Realism · ranked #11 in category

Reviewed by the Book Verdict editorial team

Between the real and the imaginary, there are stories that take flight in the most extraordinary ways. Right off the coast of South Carolina, on Mallow Island, The Dellawisp sits-a stunning old cobble

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Category
Magical Realism
First published
2022 · 2020s
Author
Sarah Addison Allen
Standing
Recommended

About Magical Realism

Magical realism treats the extraordinary as ordinary — in these novels, the miraculous and the mundane share a page without comment. Born in Latin America, the mode now belongs to world literature.

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