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this really does read like a book review- can someone who's read the book 'fix' this? Cantras 19:39, 14 April 2007 (UTC) reply

I read this remarkable book close to 40 years ago and never did it occur to me that I was reading a "fantasy" novel. No Amado's novel is rooted solidly in the magic realism tradition of Latin America. Everybody got to be somewhere! ( talk) 21:25, 9 July 2023 (UTC) reply

@Augusta2 I have remove fantasy from the description. As you point out, it bears no resemblance to the definition ilof Fantasy literature. Roundtheworld ( talk) 21:48, 9 July 2023 (UTC) reply

Excellent! Everybody got to be somewhere! ( talk) 13:12, 11 July 2023 (UTC) reply