What I Like About Magical Realism

Sometimes an author includes a statement that stands out, part of and independent of the narrative.

        For example, 

         "She believed that by giving problems a name they tended to manifest themselves, and then it                                    was impossible to ignore them; whereas if they remained in the limbo of unspoken words, they could     disappear by themselves, with the passage of time."  

Allende, Isabel, Translated from the Spanish by Manga Bogin, The House of the Spirits, Alfred A. Knopf New York, English translation copyright 1985, p. 195.

         ". . ..She had concluded that if we had nothing to say to each other, we would also be unable to share a bed, and she seemed surprised that I could spend all day being furious at her and then wish to spend the night making love.  I tried to make her see that in this respect men and women are very different, and that despite all my bad habits I still adored her, but it was no use."

 Id. at 206.