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Furthermore, Carpentier's meaning is that Latin America is a land filled with marvels, and that "writing about this land automatically produces a literature of marvelous reality." [29] Alejo Carpentier "The marvelous" may be easily confused with magical realism, as both modes introduce supernatural events without surprising the implied author.
Mr. Marvelous is the 48th book in the Mr. Men series by Roger Hargreaves. Mr. Marvelous is blue and oval-shaped with green hair and orange shoes. Mr. Marvelous' ability is to do marvellous things, such as run quickly or become invisible. Mr. Marvelous was published as Monsieur Formidable in French and Don Maravilloso in Spanish.
Annus mirabilis (pl. anni mirabiles) is a Latin phrase that means "marvelous year", "wonderful year", or "miraculous year". This term has been used to refer to several years during which events of major importance are remembered, notably Isaac Newton's discoveries in 1665–1666 at the age of 23 and Albert Einstein's papers published in 1905 at the age of 26.
Merveilleux scientifique (also spelled with a hyphen: merveilleux-scientifique, literally translated "scientific marvelous") is a literary genre that developed in France from the end of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century.
picture from Les Français sous la Révolution by Augustin Challamel & Wilhelm Ténint. The Incroyables (French: [ɛ̃kʁwajabl], "incredibles") and their female counterparts, the Merveilleuses (French: [mɛʁvɛjøz], "marvelous women"), were members of a fashionable aristocratic subculture in Paris during the French Directory (1795–1799).
The marvelous spatuletail forages by trap-lining, visiting a circuit of flowering plants where it perches to feed. It is most often seen feeding at a red-flowered lily (Bomarea formosissima) but has been observed feeding in at least five other species of flowering plants. It is dominated by other hummingbird species that share its range.
He is the most-translated Spanish-language author. [5] "He was the fourth Latin American to be so honored, having been preceded by Chilean poets Gabriela Mistral in 1945 and Pablo Neruda in 1971 and by Guatemalan novelist Miguel Ángel Asturias in 1967. With Jorge Luis Borges, García Márquez is the best-known Latin American writer in history ...
The Spanish gradually applied the term "Guanche" to the indigenous populations of all seven ... Apart from the marvelous and fanciful content of this history, this ...