This article reviews the book "Look Away! The U.S. South in New world Studies" edited by Jon Smith and Demorah Cohn. On page 1202 the author states "Smith and Cohn insist on refuting García Márquez's assimilation of the U.S. South into the Caribbean, arguing for the insoluble differences of the two spaces (7); Handley reminds us of how little we actually know of the historical traumas that underwrite such claims in the first place."