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Joshua Sprinkle is on page 59 of 288

I sort of liked this one called "eyes of a blue dog" but I honestly cannot stop comparing each story to better magical realism. Maybe this book was important when it came out because nobody was writing like this? I do certainly sense the sensual streets of CDMX in these pages, but it's as chaotic as the traffic patterns.

— Feb 12, 2026 08:39PM

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Joshua Sprinkle is on page 88 of 288

Ok I've been Márquez pilled. The majority of these stories are not accessible to me, but "The Woman Who Came at Six O'clock" and "Nabo: The Black Man Who Made the Angels Wait" had me crying in Starbucks as I read through them. I still have to wade through some of his prose, which at some points is quasi-dreamlike, but at best is deeply prayerful.

— 10 hours, 52 min ago

Joshua Sprinkle is on page 43 of 288

— Jan 15, 2026 06:26AM

Joshua Sprinkle is on page 38 of 288

So far I prefer Asian or English magical realism. The realism in this book is so thin it doesn't merit the injected and arbitrary magic that masquerades as masterful while wandering aimlessly through mountains and valleys of symbolism without dealing seriously with the dreamlike archetypes that it wields.

— Jan 04, 2026 12:02PM

Joshua Sprinkle is on page 25 of 288

If this is what it takes to get the nobel prize then I will throw my name in the hat.

— Jan 03, 2026 02:15PM