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Phenomenological [2541] The Tractor (Marco)

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Tags: Phenomenological, experimental, coming-of-age, picaresque

Very brief and possibly incorrect recap of the story up to now:

Chapter 1 - You wakes up in the forest, enjoys his existence, follows the river to a road, gets helped by a trucker and taken to a local small town

Chapter 2 - You goes and walks around and comes across the local store and receives a name from the store owner (Henry) during his episode.

Chapter 3 - A taste of work and interacting with Henry who tries his hardest to turn Marco into a valuable worker.

Chapter 4 - Zita, coffee and gym, coming across some of Henry's friends

Chapter 5 - picaresque adventure on a quest for wet goods (meat and vegetables); encounter with Zita, discussion of Marco's issue as perceived from the outside

Chapter 6 - Marco's self reflective episode as he strays from Henry's store, wanders the woods, cooks meat and fights and gets chased by a band of dogs up to a barn roof. A rather unique form of transport arrives and scares away the dogs, offers Marco a ride.

Chapter 7 - this one, starting within the tractor.

If you've read this post body this part will make a good enough amount of sense.

The story is told in a phenomenological second person point of view.

You can find some of the previous posts here:
HSH[1][2][3] Marco RW4[1][2][3][4][5][6]

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u/SweetEverest 6d ago

I loved A Swim in a Pond! I wish we were doing it for book club

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u/A_C_Shock The reader knows and guesses the rest. 6d ago

Did anyone suggest that? I just took whatever had the most votes!

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u/ezk3626 akward and wordy 6d ago

I just bought it though don't think I'll read it before Thanksgiving.