His body of essays, poems, and stories, or, as he called them, ficciones pioneered the literary style of " lo real maravilloso, " known in English as Magical Realism— and each was just a few pages long.

他的散文、诗歌和故事， 或者，正如他所说的那样，小说开创了“lo real maravilloso” 文学风格的先河， 在英语中被称为魔幻现实主义——每一篇都只有几页长。