The Tree of History and the Rhizome of Memory: Temporal Organization in The Long Voyage by Jorge Semprun

The subject of this article is the analysis of the issue of time structure in Jorge Semprun's novel The Long Voyage. By means of the methodology provided by narratology, the novel is subjected to a linear reading in order to determine the way in which its temporal organization undergoes subsequent transformations. Then, based on the findings, I try to create a model of the temporal structure, using the Deleuzian metaphors of a tree and a rhizome, and indicate the importance of these structures for the global meaning of the work.