Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord5/13/2023 ![]() Marquez overwhelms you with vivid details while Lord is brief and concise. Magic-realism is usually associated with (but not limited to) Gabriel Garcia Marquez yet in many ways, Lord's writing is the complete opposite. But that assumes there is a rigid formula and set of tropes that can easily be mimicked or identified-or that such interpretations is common across all cultures. There is both value and valid criticism with the term and it's easy to pigeonhole works like Redemption in Indigo as falling under that sub-genre in much the same way a lot of Philippine fiction like the fiction of Dean Francis Alfar or Joy Dayrit can be described as such. Take for example another problematic definition: magic-realism. In a lot of way, this novel by Karen Lord captures a lot of what I want to discuss when it comes to World SF (a problematic term, I know, but it's what I have to work with right now without delving into a longer discussion, so bear with me). ![]() ![]() I received a copy of Redemption in Indigo from Small Beer Press last year but didn't read it immediately. ![]()
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