There are seven chapters entitled "O Sobrado", that tell the story of a siege to the Terra-Cambará mansion, during the Federalist Revolution. The first book, entitled O Continente ( The Continent), progresses in non-linnear chapters. It's also noticeable that the families depicted to the book (ultimately famil y, since at a point they are joined by marriage) also go through transformations, departing from poverty in the beginning of the saga, until the economical and political prosperity, thus, ultimately, the Terra-Cambará family is part of an elite. Throughout the narrative, historical wars, revolutions, political crises and events are depicted and the characters are part or affected by them. The trilogy tells the story of a traditional family that lives through transformations of the society, so not only the history of that particular family is explored, but also the historical process that took place in that part of Brazil, as in the whole country. The saga is composed of three books, divided in total by seven volumes: Living in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in southern Brazil, both families experience the transformations of the country. She currently serves as the Coordinator of Grifo – Literary Studies, Researcher in the Osman Lins Studies Group, and as Visiting Scholar at Temple Universtity (remotely) concerning the travel writing manuscripts of Osman Lins and their relation with Lins’s novel, Avalovara.The series tells the story of two families - Terra and Cambará -, and how they evolve through 200 years of history, from 1745 to 1945. She is the author of Linha na Roca, Linha na Pauta – o Tecer da Memória na Obra O Tempo e o Vento, de Erico Verissimo (CRV, 2014). Professor Bonfim has co-edited four books about different aspects of Osman Lins’ works: Palindromia (SiglaViva DF, 2014) Quem Sou? (SiglaViva DF, 2016) Números e Nomes (SiglaViva, DF 2017) and Descortinando o Teatro de Osman Lins (2019). Her areas of research include Brazilian Literature, with emphasis on Osman Lins, Erico Verissimo, Memory and Intertextuality. Her dissertation, Indícios no Insólito: Avalovara Através do Espelho (2015), comparatively examines the narrative works of Osman Lins and Lewis Carroll. in Literature and Social Practices at the University of Brasília). Maria Aracy Bonfim is Adjunct Professor of Literature at Federal University of Maranhão (Ph.D.
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