![]() You do wonder whether some of the things Cory had seen and experienced were just the source of youthful imagination and fancies, or were they actually real. It was able to capture the sense of wonder and awe that childhood had always seemed to be imbued with, way before we were all forced to grow up. But at the same time, there were also some supernatural aspects which lent it a magical quality that was both literal and metaphorical. ![]() Written in the first person’s perspective, the story and its characters felt so real and relatable that I could almost believe that Zephyr exists and that this book was an actual person’s memoir of his childhood. I’ve not read anything quite like this before. I need to know and remember, and I want to tell you.” I need the memory of magic if I am ever going to conjure magic again. They make up a large part of who I’m going to be when my journey winds down. ![]() ![]() “These memories of who I was and where I lived are important to me. I would like to highlight first of all that while this book might have won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1992, I would say that it was more akin to magic realism with a dose of horror in historical and fictional setting of a small town named Zephyr in Alabama. Genre: Historical fiction, magic realism, horror, mysteryīoy’s Life is a beautifully written and captivating coming-of-age story. ![]()
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