A trama de um sequestro: Bel canto, de Ann Patchett

Abstract

In this article, we analyze the novel Bel Canto 2005 [2001] by Ann Patchett, seeking to understand the process of fictionalization of a historical event. Analyzing the historical facts, it was possible to glimpse the artistic mechanisms that helped enormously to create the fictionalization of the invasion of the Japanese embassy in Peru. The methodology used to develop the research has a bibliographic character. Bastos (2007), Certeau (1992), Compagnon (2003), Esteves (1998), Lima (2006), Silva (2012) and Trouche (2006) among others are some of the theorists and scholars who guided the analysis. At the end, we find that by fictionalizing the kidnapping at the Japanese em bassy in Peru, Ann Patchett proposes a plot that emphasizes the sharing of multiple identities in the Latin American context.