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The memories of childhood are rescued by Jose Saramago in his book As pequenas memórias, released in 2006. In the memorialistic text, the author retrieves and organizes the experiences of his child-self and thus seeks to understand who he was and who he is. While narrates the first moments of his life, Saramago returns to his childhood and attempts to recall his personals experiences and also the social and family situations that were part of it. In this search, the writer’s memories emerge related to those feelings that have marked his past: fears, joys, sorrows and anxieties. Reconstructing, consciously, this pathway is perceiving the marks of those moments experienced by the children of yesterday in the adult of today.

As recordações da infância são resgatadas por José Saramago em seu livro "As pequenas memórias", lançado em 2006. No texto memorialístico, o autor recupera e organiza as vivências do seu eu-criança e, assim, procura compreender quem foi e quem é. Ao narrar os primeiros momentos de sua vida, Saramago retorna à infância na tentativa de rememorar vivências e situações pessoais, familiares e sociais que dela fizeram parte. Nessa busca, as recordações do escritor emergem relacionadas aos sentimentos que marcaram seu passado: medos, alegrias, angústias e tristezas. Reconstruir conscientemente esse percurso é perceber as marcas desses momentos vividos pela criança de ontem no adulto de hoje.