His narrative is badly arranged and full of unexpected digressions, but he relays much invaluable information not provided by more methodical chroniclers.
Hysterical realism describes novels that are characterized by chronic length, manic characters, frenzied action, and frequent digressions on topics secondary to the story.
The first thematic group returns in the recapitulation with different or additional harmonic digressions; the second group returns unaltered, only transposed a fourth up.