Mark Macpherson is an author and a musician.
This site is devoted to his writing. For his music, see www.endsongs.com
Mark's novel, Sketch of a young man, is available to be read online and/or it is available as a download in text or pdf format.
Following the advice of, "A Decent Proposal" by Rhonda Whitton and Sheila Hollingworth, three descriptions of "Sketch of a young man" are:
(7 words or less)
1. Reconstructed memories of youth.
2. Unreliable memories of sexual and other awakenings.
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1. A narrative of desire and awakening. An exploration of memory, selectivity and choice and how decisions alter our future. A literary "Memento".
2. A narrative of how people reconstruct memories to be consistent with how they think they led their lives. Choices lead to regret.
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1. After trying to forget, an older man remembers when he was a young man. He met two American women and his life changed. He loved both of them, or thought he did, at different times. The first half of the story is set in the Southern Hemisphere, the second half is set in the USA when he follows them. He makes choices he regrets. The novel explores how people can invent their own history and then believe their inventions. The older man is forced to untangle his memories (there is much he does not want to remember) and follow his own narrative as each memory triggers another. The story concludes with a twist, when the older man (a published author marketing the novel of this story) unexpectedly meets one of the women.
I remembered. She was young. She handed me...
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