In Search Of…
a faulty memoir of things that probably never happened
A memoir. Ish.
He drifts through life disconnected. Even when a customer at the cafe he works at calls his attention to it, he doesn’t quite see it. When a volcano destroys his car and a friend offers a very cheap plane ticket, he decides to find out what life is like outside the rut. That is, assuming he’s in one…which he absolutely is, but he has to leave in order to gain perspective.
In his fourth book, In Search Of…, Matthew Oliphant chronicles a journey that takes place over the course of a few months between 1991 and 2051. While it is a memoir, and all parts of it are true, the story folds in aspects of the world that was, the world that is, and a world as it might yet be. Everything in it happened, but none of it is real. In fact, this book may not even exist.
Buy lots of copies for friends and for your local library.
With this novel, I attempted to write something hopeful about how people might move forward together by building connections with everyone we meet, but I told the story through the perspective of someone who has a very difficult time connecting with others, which I feel is more real. The hopefulness comes from others and, while it may seem the protagonist doesn’t change, it does happen. It is subtle and the protagonist doesn’t fully realize it. Again, that feels more real. We often do not realize we have changed until long after the change has taken place.
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The copyright for this book expires December 31, 2048. After this date, the author considers it to be in the Public Domain. Because 70 years is too long. Please see the URL at the bottom of this page for the latest permissions.
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This book is a memoir and reflects the author’s recollections of experiences over time. Some names and characteristics have been changed, some events have been conflated, and some dialogue has been recreated. This book is a work of fiction. Some names, characters, and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons—living or dead—events, or locations is entirely coincidental.
A thing can be two things.
~Matthew.
Copyright © 2023 by Matthew Oliphant
First edition October 2023
ISBN 979-8-9868545-2-6 (physical)
ISBN 979-8-9868545-3-3 (ebook)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2022918807