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Rahela Nayebzadah: Fabulist Fiction: Identity Exploration through Magical Realism

The Word On The Street presents Fabulist Fiction: Exploring Identity through Magical Realism

How does magic realism, or fabulism, makes for a useful technique in exploring identity? How does heritage, myth and culture influence the magical elements in fiction? And why are deep-dives into identity sometimes best served by the fantastical and the allegorical? Three authors join us to give us their answers, and more.

 
 
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