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A Touch of Magic -- Books on Magical Realism

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These books at SFPL will shuttle you into a world between fantasy and reality.

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One Hundred Years of Solitude

One Hundred Years of Solitude

by García Márquez, Gabriel

Downloadable Audiobook - 2013

Considered a classic of the magical realism genre and one of the most influential Latin American novels of all time. Tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the multi-generational history of the Buendía family. Considered a classic of the magical realism genre and one of the most influential Latin American novels of all time. Tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the multi-generational history of the Buendía family. Show less

Considered a classic of the magical realism genre and one of the most influential Latin American novels of all time. Tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the multi-generational history of the Buendía family. Considered a classic of the magical realism genre and one of the most influential Latin American novels of all time. Tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the multi-generational history of the Buendía family. Show less

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The House of the Spirits

The House of the Spirits

A Novel

by Allende, Isabel

eBook - 2015

Recognized as one of the most important and beloved Latin American works of the twentieth century. An intriguing tale of three generations of the Trueba f...Show more Recognized as one of the most important and beloved Latin American works of the twentieth century. An intriguing tale of three generations of the Trueba family, which begins with patriarch Esteban and his wife Clara, and continues to Clara’s granddaughter, Alba, a beautiful and ambitious girl who will lead her family into a revolutionary future. Show less

Recognized as one of the most important and beloved Latin American works of the twentieth century. An intriguing tale of three generations of the Trueba f...Show more Recognized as one of the most important and beloved Latin American works of the twentieth century. An intriguing tale of three generations of the Trueba family, which begins with patriarch Esteban and his wife Clara, and continues to Clara’s granddaughter, Alba, a beautiful and ambitious girl who will lead her family into a revolutionary future. Show less

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Like Water for Chocolate

Like Water for Chocolate

A Novel in Monthly Installments, With Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies

by Esquivel, Laura

eBook - 1995

A humorous and romantic tale of love lost and healing of heart break through cooking and eating. Tita, the youngest of three daughters born to a tyrannica...Show more A humorous and romantic tale of love lost and healing of heart break through cooking and eating. Tita, the youngest of three daughters born to a tyrannical rancher, must sacrifice her love for Pedro and remain single and at home to care for her mother. Show less

A humorous and romantic tale of love lost and healing of heart break through cooking and eating. Tita, the youngest of three daughters born to a tyrannica...Show more A humorous and romantic tale of love lost and healing of heart break through cooking and eating. Tita, the youngest of three daughters born to a tyrannical rancher, must sacrifice her love for Pedro and remain single and at home to care for her mother. Show less

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Beloved

Beloved

A Novel

by Morrison, Toni

eBook - 2004

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this book examines the destructive legacy of slavery through the story of Sethe, who had escaped slavery, but was haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this book examines the destructive legacy of slavery through the story of Sethe, who had escaped slavery, but was haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless. Show less

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this book examines the destructive legacy of slavery through the story of Sethe, who had escaped slavery, but was haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this book examines the destructive legacy of slavery through the story of Sethe, who had escaped slavery, but was haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless. Show less

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Midnight's Children

Midnight's Children

A Novel

by Rushdie, Salman

eBook - 1991

Saleem Sinai, like other “Midnight Children” — every Indian child born between 12 and 1 am on the day India formally broke away from British rule--is end...Show more Saleem Sinai, like other “Midnight Children” — every Indian child born between 12 and 1 am on the day India formally broke away from British rule--is endowed with supernatural gifts. This book offers a magical realist take on the legacies of British imperialism. Show less

Saleem Sinai, like other “Midnight Children” — every Indian child born between 12 and 1 am on the day India formally broke away from British rule--is end...Show more Saleem Sinai, like other “Midnight Children” — every Indian child born between 12 and 1 am on the day India formally broke away from British rule--is endowed with supernatural gifts. This book offers a magical realist take on the legacies of British imperialism. Show less

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Life of Pi

Life of Pi

A Novel

by Martel, Yann

eBook - 2007

Piscine “Pi” Patel is a believer in Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity. His threefold faith is tested when he finds himself shipwrecked in the middle of th...Show more Piscine “Pi” Patel is a believer in Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity. His threefold faith is tested when he finds himself shipwrecked in the middle of the Pacific. He is stranded on a lifeboat with a menagerie of animals from the family zoo: a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan — and a tiger. The tiger forces Pi to tap into his ingenuity and inner strength as he tackles the questions of freedom, God, and the subjectivity of truth. Show less

Piscine “Pi” Patel is a believer in Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity. His threefold faith is tested when he finds himself shipwrecked in the middle of th...Show more Piscine “Pi” Patel is a believer in Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity. His threefold faith is tested when he finds himself shipwrecked in the middle of the Pacific. He is stranded on a lifeboat with a menagerie of animals from the family zoo: a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan — and a tiger. The tiger forces Pi to tap into his ingenuity and inner strength as he tackles the questions of freedom, God, and the subjectivity of truth. Show less

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Kafka on the Shore

Kafka on the Shore

by Murakami, Haruki

eBook - 2005

The novel follows a teenage runaway, Kafka, and an aging man, Nakata, whose fates seem mysteriously linked and are drawn together by seemingly random circumstances and a supernatural world. The novel follows a teenage runaway, Kafka, and an aging man, Nakata, whose fates seem mysteriously linked and are drawn together by seemingly random circumstances and a supernatural world. Show less

The novel follows a teenage runaway, Kafka, and an aging man, Nakata, whose fates seem mysteriously linked and are drawn together by seemingly random circumstances and a supernatural world. The novel follows a teenage runaway, Kafka, and an aging man, Nakata, whose fates seem mysteriously linked and are drawn together by seemingly random circumstances and a supernatural world. Show less

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The Ocean at the End of the Lane

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

by Gaiman, Neil

eBook - 2013

The book follows a nameless narrator who returns, in middle age, to his childhood hometown for a funeral. The trip brings back monstrous and magical memor...Show more The book follows a nameless narrator who returns, in middle age, to his childhood hometown for a funeral. The trip brings back monstrous and magical memories from his childhood, including Lettie Hempstock, a strange girl who insisted that the little pond by her house was an ocean. Show less

The book follows a nameless narrator who returns, in middle age, to his childhood hometown for a funeral. The trip brings back monstrous and magical memor...Show more The book follows a nameless narrator who returns, in middle age, to his childhood hometown for a funeral. The trip brings back monstrous and magical memories from his childhood, including Lettie Hempstock, a strange girl who insisted that the little pond by her house was an ocean. Show less

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The Immortalists

The Immortalists

by Benjamin, Chloe

eBook - 2018

Two sisters and two brothers in the Gold family found out their death dates from a local psychic when they were teenagers. The book follows the four sibli...Show more Two sisters and two brothers in the Gold family found out their death dates from a local psychic when they were teenagers. The book follows the four siblings as they grew up being haunted by the psychic's words. Did the prophecies really come true or was it the power of suggestion? Show less

Two sisters and two brothers in the Gold family found out their death dates from a local psychic when they were teenagers. The book follows the four sibli...Show more Two sisters and two brothers in the Gold family found out their death dates from a local psychic when they were teenagers. The book follows the four siblings as they grew up being haunted by the psychic's words. Did the prophecies really come true or was it the power of suggestion? Show less

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A Tale for the Time Being

A Tale for the Time Being

by Ozeki, Ruth

eBook - 2013

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, this story tells the intertwined fates of Ruth, a novelist living by the Paci...Show more Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, this story tells the intertwined fates of Ruth, a novelist living by the Pacific Ocean in the U.S. and Nao, a teenager being bullied in Tokyo. This inventive tale explores the relationship between writer and reader, past and present, fact and fiction, quantum physics, history, and myth. Show less

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, this story tells the intertwined fates of Ruth, a novelist living by the Paci...Show more Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, this story tells the intertwined fates of Ruth, a novelist living by the Pacific Ocean in the U.S. and Nao, a teenager being bullied in Tokyo. This inventive tale explores the relationship between writer and reader, past and present, fact and fiction, quantum physics, history, and myth. Show less

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The Bone Clocks

The Bone Clocks

A Novel

by Mitchell, David

eBook - 2014

The six sections in this book follow several seemingly unrelated characters to present an interconnected tale of fantastically rendered worlds to explore the past, present and future of humanity. The six sections in this book follow several seemingly unrelated characters to present an interconnected tale of fantastically rendered worlds to explore the past, present and future of humanity. Show less

The six sections in this book follow several seemingly unrelated characters to present an interconnected tale of fantastically rendered worlds to explore the past, present and future of humanity. The six sections in this book follow several seemingly unrelated characters to present an interconnected tale of fantastically rendered worlds to explore the past, present and future of humanity. Show less

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The Snow Child

The Snow Child

A Novel

by Ivey, Eowyn

eBook - 2012

In this Pulitzer finalist novel, an aging childless couple built a child out of snow during a harsh Alaskan winter. The next morning, the snow child was g...Show more In this Pulitzer finalist novel, an aging childless couple built a child out of snow during a harsh Alaskan winter. The next morning, the snow child was gone but they found a young, blond-haired child running out of the woods. Is this girl the "Snow Child" that was mentioned in an old fable? Show less

In this Pulitzer finalist novel, an aging childless couple built a child out of snow during a harsh Alaskan winter. The next morning, the snow child was g...Show more In this Pulitzer finalist novel, an aging childless couple built a child out of snow during a harsh Alaskan winter. The next morning, the snow child was gone but they found a young, blond-haired child running out of the woods. Is this girl the "Snow Child" that was mentioned in an old fable? Show less

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The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

A Novel

by Bender, Aimee

eBook - 2010

At the age of 9, Rose Edelstein can suddenly taste the emotions in other people’s cooking. She realizes from the lemon cake that her mother had made that ...Show more At the age of 9, Rose Edelstein can suddenly taste the emotions in other people’s cooking. She realizes from the lemon cake that her mother had made that her happy mother was in despair. Rose's new power robs her of her ability to trust people and leads to the revelation of family secrets. Show less

At the age of 9, Rose Edelstein can suddenly taste the emotions in other people’s cooking. She realizes from the lemon cake that her mother had made that ...Show more At the age of 9, Rose Edelstein can suddenly taste the emotions in other people’s cooking. She realizes from the lemon cake that her mother had made that her happy mother was in despair. Rose's new power robs her of her ability to trust people and leads to the revelation of family secrets. Show less

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The Night Circus

The Night Circus

A Novel

by Morgenstern, Erin

eBook - 2011

The magical Night Circus arrived without warning and was only open at night. Two of its young magicians fell in love in the midst of their fierce competit...Show more The magical Night Circus arrived without warning and was only open at night. Two of its young magicians fell in love in the midst of their fierce competition and set off a series of dangerous events that might affect the lives of other performers and patrons. Show less

The magical Night Circus arrived without warning and was only open at night. Two of its young magicians fell in love in the midst of their fierce competit...Show more The magical Night Circus arrived without warning and was only open at night. Two of its young magicians fell in love in the midst of their fierce competition and set off a series of dangerous events that might affect the lives of other performers and patrons. Show less

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The World That We Knew

The World That We Knew

by Hoffman, Alice

eBook - 2019

This heart-wrenching longlist recipient for the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal takes place in Berlin in 1941 and follows three unforgettable young women, one of them a mystical Jewish golem, who must act with courage and love to survive the war. This heart-wrenching longlist recipient for the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal takes place in Berlin in 1941 and follows three unforgettable young women, one of them a mystical Jewish golem, who must act with courage and love to survive the war. Show less

This heart-wrenching longlist recipient for the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal takes place in Berlin in 1941 and follows three unforgettable young women, one of them a mystical Jewish golem, who must act with courage and love to survive the war. This heart-wrenching longlist recipient for the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal takes place in Berlin in 1941 and follows three unforgettable young women, one of them a mystical Jewish golem, who must act with courage and love to survive the war. Show less

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