The reconstruction of the origins sets up a dynamic narrative present in several books in the contemporary literature: the return to the past, without nostalgia, marked by the attempt to explain identities through their origins (real and imaginary). Novels of affiliation are part of this trend, questioning genealogy as a mechanism to solve the mysteries of the present. The novels Azul-corvo (2010), by Adriana Lisboa, Era meu esse rosto (2012), by Marcia Tiburi, and Chove sobre minha infância (2012), by Miguel Sanches Neto, describe narrators returning to their childhood in search of self-knowledge and especially a sense of belonging.
novels of affiliation; identity; Adriana Lisboa; Marcia Tiburi; Miguel Sanches Neto