Abstract
This article seeks to analyze interactions between family relationships and memory perceived in the novel Texaco, written by Martinican novelist Patrick Chamoiseau. The novel was constructed around main character Marie-Sophie Laborieux’s memories, which she inherited from Esternome, her father. Such memories will prompt the search for and building of the Texaco neighborhood, a dream dwelling space made a reality by the efforts of its first inhabitants, with Marie-Sophie at the helm. From this premise, the notion of transmemory is proposed to assist in understanding the importance of the relationship between memory, its transmission and affection in literature.
Keywords
Memory; Peripheral areas; Alternativa modernities