“Rogers argues that the marvelous is still integral to the region’s twenty-first-century fiction, particularly in light of postnatural disasters. Providing remarkable new readings of twentieth-century canonical authors—such as García Márquez, Carpentier, Ferré, and Cabrera—and weaving them together with twenty-first-century literature by Fernanda Melchor, Carlos Fonseca, Samanta Schweblin, and Rita Indiana, Rogers highlights magical realism’s transformation with lingering consequences for thinking about both literature and the environment.”

Christina Gerhardt, Clark University

“In this lucid, lively, and nuanced book, Rogers argues persuasively that magical realism has re-emerged as a prominent literary mode to engage with current environmental crises. As Rogers sheds light on a continuous tradition in Latin American literature of nonrealist engagement with the real crises, she also contributes significantly to long-standing debates about the merits of realist environmental writing. An awe-inspiring read for anyone interested in recent environmental writing in any language or region.”

Ursula K. Heise, University of California, Los Angeles

“A brilliant work of literary analysis. Rogers shows how magic realism, in resurgent form, animates contemporary eco-fiction, making the awful awe-ful and imagining from beyond the human. At the same time, she recovers the ambitious eco-critical energies of the original Boom, there like an awe-ful song that, fifty years ago, we weren’t yet able to hear. An inspiring, generative book.”

Mary Louise Pratt, New York University