What is the author's style in The Law of Love by Laura Esquivel?

Magic realism is a fictional style, popularized by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, that appears most often in South American literature. Authors who use this technique mingle the fantastic or bizarre with the realistic. Magic realism often involves time shifts, dreams, myths, fairy tales, surrealistic descriptions, the element of surprise and shock, and the inexplicable. Esquivel mixes New Age philosophy and science fiction with magic realism in The Law of Love as she explores the novel's themes.