What is magical realism and is it used in Green Gass, Running Water?

Magical realism, first employed by Latin American writers
Miguel Angel Asturias and Alejo Carpentier, creates a fusion of reality with magical or
supernatural events often presented as myths, legends or folklore. The affect of the
combination of reality with magical realism, of fact with fantasy, is intended to call
the accepted nature of reality to attention and into question. Green Grass,
Running Water, though not written by a Latin American writer (as magical
realism has found a broad acceptance and appeal), derives its structure from magical
realism and fully incorporates the blending of the aforementioned elements. In this
novel by Canadian Cherokee writer Thomas King, contemporary stories set in Canada and
peopled with ordinary individuals are interspersed with four mythical American Indian
figures, Biblical figures and improbable fantasy elements, such as the novel's
characters winding up with roles in old Hollywood cowboy and Indian movies, which are
preserved on videos, in which the Indians win out victoriously over the cowboys and
cavalries.