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    I'm sick of Murakami books: some characters are badly written, the way he develops sex in the narrative is terrible (I'm not a moralist, but it's too much for me), and the prose is too simple. The only thing I still like is the dreamlike experience they create.

    I'm thinking about starting to read Isabel Allende, and "The Hearing Trumpet" is on my list. Any other books you would recommend?

    by Visible_Tooth_3078

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    1. BeginningWork1245 on

      Anything by Gabriel García Márquez. His name is practically synonymous with magical realism. I tend to prefer Latin or South American and African magical realism, personally. Ben Okri’s “The Famished Road” has been in my TBR pile for a very long time (besides being magical realism, it also won the Booker).

    2. SpecialKnits4855 on

      {{The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro}}

      {{Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel}}

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