Originally Posted by
ennison
A lot of writing which is not surreal in its entirety contains sections that could be described in that way. I see no reason why this would not be so and the reader can treat it like she treats the most rational and realistic mirror-to-the-day style and just ask herself: does this work. I agree about Alice. Several of the works of Gunter Grass are phantasmagorical to say the least. And even a novel like Nostromo has a section which has a surreal and strange atmosphere. The surreal was a literary style before Bunuel and company began using it in film.