 Dimitris Lyacos's Poena Damni trilogy, originally written in Greek, is also seen as displaying characteristics of magic realism in its simultaneous fusion of real and unreal situations in the same narrative context.The painterly style began evolving as early as the first decade of the 20th century, but 1925 was when "Magischer Realismus" and "Neue Sachlichkeit" were officially recognized as major trends.This was the year that Franz Roh published his book on the subject, "Nach Expressionismus