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Sudden Traveler

by Sarah Hall · 2019

Magical Realism · ranked #13 in category

Reviewed by the Book Verdict editorial team

"The characters in Sudden Traveler walk, drive, dream, and fly, trying to reconcile themselves with their journeys through life, death, and love. Science fiction meets folktale and philosophy meets mo

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The verdict

Category
Magical Realism
First published
2019 · 2010s
Author
Sarah Hall
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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