True Story

[stinglikeabee]

A calm, cool night in Southern California. Two women lounge on uncomfortable faux-European chairs, the sort not meant for the plebeian use of zoning out in front of the television. The older of the two flicks the remote up in the air, flipping through several stations before settling on an annoyingly chipper animated show featuring a brown haired girl with a yellow headband.

Mum: Oh, this is a good show. This Haruhi Suzumiya is really funny, let me show you--

Me: *runs screaming out of the room before her mother does the Hare Hare Yukai dance*

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I think the only possible 'trap' is that Eastern European writers have a thing for the surreal, which in some more nuanced works (more supernatural elements, less absurdity) might get confused with magical realism.

Yes! That came to mind when we started talking about works during the Communist era that were mentioned as sharing traits with magical realism. Unfortunately neither of us were well acquainted with Eastern European writing, so we were left wanting more.

These few names are just off the top of my head since I woke up less than an hour ago, but I'll give it a proper think today since I love this topic, and get back to you.

Please do! I was going to do a proper post asking for suggestions :) Your help is much appreciated.