magical realism – Jacke Wilson

July 24, 2021

The History of Literature #315 – Gabriel García Márquez and the Incredible and Sad (and Marvelous) World

Following our last episode with Patricia Engel, Jacke takes a closer look at Gabriel García Márquez, including his literary influences, his search for truth in nostalgia and history, and his use of invention and the marvelous to approach a kind of heightened sense of what’s possible, what’s actual, and what’s essential. Help support the show Continue reading

history of literature, Podcast

100 years of solitude, gabriel garcia marquez, love in the time of cholera, magical realism

October 10, 2018

The History of Literature #163 – Gabriel García Márquez (with Sarah Bird)

http://traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL5528223655.mp3 In this episode, Jacke welcomes author Sarah Bird to the program to talk about her background, her writing, and her readerly passion for the fiction of the great twentieth-century novelist, Gabriel García Márquez. GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ (1927-2014) was one of the most revered and influential novelists of the twentieth century. Born in a small Continue reading

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100 years of solitude, daughter of a daughter of a queen, Gabriel García Márquez, love in the time of cholera, magical realism, sarah bird, wizard of oz

April 14, 2018

History of Literature Episode #137 – Haruki Murakami

http://traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL4372276419.mp3 Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Play | Stitcher | RSS | More Haruki Murakami (b. 1949) is one of the rare writers who combines literary admiration with widespread appeal. Host Jacke Wilson is joined by lifelong Murakami fan Mike Palindrome to discuss what makes his novels so compelling, so mysterious, and so popular. Works discussed include The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Norwegian Wood, Kafka on the Shore, Continue reading

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japanese literature, kurt vonnegut, magical realism, raymond carver, raymond chandler

August 28, 2014

Writers Laughing: Gabriel García Márquez

Another big smiler – like Alice Munro, there are a million pictures of him smiling. And smiling broadly, with his eyes crinkly and his mouth slightly open. But laughing? You just know he had to laugh all the time – but whether those were captured in the pre-cell phone era is another question. I found Continue reading

Authors, Fiction, Writing

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