“The Distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.”
— Albert Einstein
An Improbable Life of Reinvention
The Man Who Lived a Hundred Lives is a memoir of a son, father, and a journey to understanding. Mark Peres chronicles the life of his father, Ambrosio Peres, a restless, charismatic immigrant from the Amazon whose ambition and charm were matched only by his unpredictability. Told in a series of vivid, searching episodes, the book follows their family’s journey across cities, countries, and emotional distances, capturing the beauty and burden of lives constantly in motion.
More than a personal story, the memoir explores universal themes of identity, legacy, and ambition. It is about fathers and sons, but also about the larger patterns we inherit and resist: the myths we are given, the truths we uncover, and the quiet ache of becoming who we are. Whether in Sao Paulo, New York, San Francisco, Tokyo, or Miami, each chapter returns to the same unanswerable question: How do we carry the ones who shaped us, and how do we let them go?
Written with lyricism, insight, and emotional clarity, The Man Who Lived a Hundred Lives is an elegy for a man who defied containment; and a tribute to the love that endured despite it all. It is for anyone who has ever tried to understand a complicated parent, and anyone who knows that to remember is to reassemble a life, one moment at a time.
338 pages | Shelby Press | Copyright 2025 by Mark Peres Paperback ISBN: 979-8-9928320-0-6 | $21.99 Hardcover ISBN: 979-8-9928320-1-3 | $31.99 ebook ISBN: 979-9-9928320-2-0 | $8.99 Library of Congress Control Number: 205917319
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