The Portrait

Published 1st November 2025

Unlike a biography, The Portrait has no clear chronology but consists of  memories of the author’s father that prompt reflection and commentary on his father as role-model, as a man to whom the author still owes an immeasurable debt.

Memories are catalysts for philosophical reflection on certain aspects of the human condition, on war, reading, critical thinking, beauty, spiritual uncertainty, hope and the power of personality. The book may be described as a case study illustrating the sustained power of parental role-modelling and the grief consequent upon the loss of a cherished role-model.

Inevitably, the book is as much about the author and his mindset as it is about his father.

About the author

P.R. Brown, was educated at University College, Swansea; and later at St. John’s College, Cambridge, where he gained a PhD in Philosophy.

He has taught English as a Foreign language in Cambridge and has published articles in this field and in Philosophy His books include the non-fiction trilogy, The Gods of Our Time, Dreams and Illusions Revisited, and The Mountain Dwellers.

His writing for DB Publishing includes 'The Mirror Men', 'The Treadmillers', 'The Shadow People' and 'Undeliverable Letters, Unreachable Galaxies - Or, The Man in the Old Bowler Hat'

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A nice piece in the Cambridge Independent newspaper about Mr Brown's book.  See the image for more details.

194 Pages

ISBN - 9781780916675

Ebook - 9781781563533 (Available on Amazon)