The history, the time and the memory in A pedra do reino by Ariano Suassuna

Abstract

The novel “A pedra do reino”, by Ariano Suassuna, published in 1971, contains in its composition the Northeast popular culture and the presence of the messianic movement of Pedra do Reino. The union between these items is made by the protagonist-narrator which reports his trajectory and, at the same time, the trajectory of his family, questioning the official facts of the national history. He manipulates the time of the narrative and of the narration, and he uses his own memory and the memory of other people of the community.