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I hear Magical Realism and I immediately think of One Hundred Years of Solitude by Marquez! The creators of Lost definitely read that book… the wrecks of ancien
by williamcotton 3y ago
I hear Magical Realism and I immediately think of One Hundred Years of Solitude by Marquez! The creators of Lost definitely read that book… the wrecks of ancient ships deep in the jungle, the ghosts of ancestors haunting the present, the way their community narrative evolves out of the mists of story and time. Amazing stuff.
- photochemsyn 3y agoAlso, the village of Macondo where the story is set is something quite like the Garden of Eden out of the Book of Genesis, which might qualify as the oldest work of magical realism in existence. https://www.bartleby.com/essay/Biblical-Allusions-In-Gabriel-Garcia-Marquezs-One-PKRN7KMZAEFF https://www.bartleby.com/essay/Biblical-Allusions-In-Gabriel...
- 1letterunixname 3y agoThat's my instinct as well. The local university had a GGM month that was more like 2 years during the pandemic. Rushdie also comes to mind. And I can't help but connect a number of similarities between The Satanic Verses and the TV series Lost.
- ivorbuk 3y agoI think there's something in the names of the families and characters that, at least to my younger mind, helped blend some of the magic into a dream-like state of never ending wandering.