Question

Which excerpt from ”First Generation” of Dreaming in Cuban is the best example of magic realism?
Celia del Pino, equipped with binoculars and wearing her best housedress and drop pearl earrings, sits in her wicker swing guarding the north coast of Cuba.
Her grandson appears in the doorway, his pajama top twisted off his shoulders, his eyes vacant with sleep.
Her husband emerges from the light and comes toward her, taller than the palms, walking on water in his white summer suit and Panama hat.
For many years before the revolution, Jorge had traveled five weeks out of six, selling electric brooms and portable fans for an American firm.

Answer 1

The third excerpt: "Her husband emerges from the light and comes toward her, taller than the palms, walking on water in his white summer suit and Panama hat."

Reason: it contains a clearly supernatural image — a man literally walking on water and exaggerated in size — presented as part of an otherwise ordinary scene. That seamless blending of the fantastical with the mundane is the hallmark of magic realism. The other excerpts are realistic descriptions.