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Carpentier coined lo real maravilloso — the marvellous real — a decade before the Boom writers who got the credit for magical realism, and said plainly that he was describing Latin America rather than inventing a technique. His books are short and extremely dense. This path starts with the shortest and most famous and works toward the baroque late novels.
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Alejo Carpentier in Order: Where to Start with the Inventor of Magical Realism
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- Carpentier coined lo real maravilloso — the marvellous real — a decade before the Boom writers who got the credit for magical realism, and said plainly that he was describing Latin America rather than inventing a technique. His books are short and extremely dense. This path starts with the shortest and most famous and works toward the baroque late novels.
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- A strong starting point is The Chase by Alejo Carpentier. The ordered reading paths above show exactly where it fits and what to read next.