In "The Glass Bottle Trick" the most obvious evidence of "irreducible magic" would be the ending, and climax of the story when Beatrice discovers her husbands dead ex-wives locked in the spare bedroom. It is revealed that their spirits had been locked in bottles that were placed in a tree out front of the house. The spirits end up seeking revenge for being locked away, and come back to haunt the home. The idea that these spirits exist is a "irreducible magic" as there is no law in the universe that could possibly explain this.
I was curious about the idea of post-modern connection with magical realism, as what I have understood about post-modernism is the idea of breaking traditional barriers, and other characteristics such as the lack of focus on a main character, and a focus on a consumer based society. I did not look at post-modernism as a typically "magical" experience. I would be interested to learn about this connection of magic and post-modern thought.
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