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Goya's White Duchess | Fashion, naïve art, and magic realism

Goya's White Duchess | Fashion, naïve art, and magic realism

The White Duchess by Goya shows how fashion was in 1795, and it can be seen as naïve art and magic realism avant la lettre.

Stories from the closet | I'm a Fool to Want You  

Stories from the closet | I'm a Fool to Want You  

In her anthology of closeted characters, I'm a Fool to Want You, Argentine writer Camila Sosa Villada asks the reader: will your freedom last?

Are you listening? | Empathy according to Tillie Walden

Are you listening? | Empathy according to Tillie Walden

Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden is a graphic novel, in which two women who barely know each other run together away from their problems.

Midnight's Children | An epic of Indian independence

Midnight's Children | An epic of Indian independence

Published in 1981, Rushdie's Midnight’s Children is a tale of India's independence that combines historical fiction with magical realism.

Like Water for Chocolate | A Novel of food and magical realism

Like Water for Chocolate | A Novel of food and magical realism

The Mexican writer Laura Esquivel wrote her first novel, Like Water for Chocolate (Como agua para chocolate), in 1989.

The House of the Spirits | From a letter to Magical feminism

The House of the Spirits | From a letter to Magical feminism

Isabel Allende is a Chilean writer who, born in 1942, has been described as one of the world’s most-read authors in Spanish. She started to write The House of the…

Rayuela | Playing with the novel

Rayuela | Playing with the novel

In 1963, the Argentinian writer Julio Cortázar published Rayuela, a book game that subverts every novel-related rules and structure.

The Underground Railroad tells more than Black history

The Underground Railroad tells more than Black history

It’s the 19th century, Georgia. Cora is a very young woman and a slave. The only things left to her by her runaway mother are a small garden and a galvanized fury at the world as she knows it.

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Uncle Boonmee is the final installment in Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s multi-platform project Primitive, centered around the village of Nabua in Thailand.

Goya's White Duchess | Fashion, naïve art, and magic realism

01 November, 2021

Goya's White Duchess | Fashion, naïve art, and magic realism

The White Duchess by Goya shows how fashion was in 1795, and it can be seen as naïve art and magic realism avant la lettre.

Stories from the closet | I'm a Fool to Want You  

08 March, 2024

Stories from the closet | I'm a Fool to Want You  

In her anthology of closeted characters, I'm a Fool to Want You, Argentine writer Camila Sosa Villada asks the reader: will your freedom last?

Are you listening? | Empathy according to Tillie Walden

30 May, 2023

Are you listening? | Empathy according to Tillie Walden

Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden is a graphic novel, in which two women who barely know each other run together away from their problems.

Midnight's Children | An epic of Indian independence

25 January, 2023

Midnight's Children | An epic of Indian independence

Published in 1981, Rushdie's Midnight’s Children is a tale of India's independence that combines historical fiction with magical realism.

Like Water for Chocolate | A Novel of food and magical realism

31 August, 2021

Like Water for Chocolate | A Novel of food and magical realism

The Mexican writer Laura Esquivel wrote her first novel, Like Water for Chocolate (Como agua para chocolate), in 1989.

The House of the Spirits | From a letter to Magical feminism

27 April, 2021

The House of the Spirits | From a letter to Magical feminism

Isabel Allende is a Chilean writer who, born in 1942, has been described as one of the world’s most-read authors in Spanish. She started to write The House of the…

Rayuela | Playing with the novel

18 January, 2021

Rayuela | Playing with the novel

In 1963, the Argentinian writer Julio Cortázar published Rayuela, a book game that subverts every novel-related rules and structure.

The Underground Railroad tells more than Black history

14 July, 2020

The Underground Railroad tells more than Black history

It’s the 19th century, Georgia. Cora is a very young woman and a slave. The only things left to her by her runaway mother are a small garden and a galvanized fury at the world as she knows it.

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

18 May, 2020

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Uncle Boonmee is the final installment in Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s multi-platform project Primitive, centered around the village of Nabua in Thailand.