It further forces us to doubt the reality and think about the lies that exist within it, which we tell ourselves to make the world a believable place to live. Along with the magical instances in it, the novel gives us an insight about gender, sexuality, religion, politics, innovation and desires. It was published in 1989 and is set in 17th century London. One such story is of Sexing the Cherry which is a postmodernist work by Jeannette Winterson and the elements of magic realism and intertextuality have been prominently featured in it. Many writers prefer to put such elements in their stories in order to grab and maintain the attention of their audience as the audience gets more engaged wandering about the magic in the story. Magic Realism, introduced by a German art critic Franz Roh in 1925 which got popular only in 1940s, is a literary genre which is a twisted form of reality with magical elements added in it. Sexing the Cherry problematises the relationship between reality and fiction.
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