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Research India Press Salman Rushdie and Magic Realism by Dr P Indira Devi
Salman Rushdie and his works have become inextricably linked with the literary technique of magic realism. Though magic realism came to be known widely through Salman Rushdie s books, in reality, this technique can be traced back to the 1940s. A mixture of fantasy and realism, the concept of magic realism was first introduced by Alejo Carpentier. The technique has since been used by literary geniuses like Gunter Grass in Tin Drum and Gabriel Garcia Marquez in One Hundred Years of Solitude. Both these books have won over readers across the world and have had a significant impact on global literature. In Salman Rushdie and Magic Realism, P. Indira Devi comprehensively analyzes the use of this literary trend by all three authors. As far as Salman Rushdie is concerned, the author picks his famed Midnight s Children to critique the same, along with Tin Drum and One Hundred Years of Solitude. The book does a comparative analysis of the three literary works in terms of style and theme. In a move that justifies the name, there is also a special section that focuses on Salman Rushdie.