The Two Lives of Robert Littman
William Mann
Type: Beta project
Genre: Literary, autofiction
Word count: 75,000
Warnings: Swearing
A single choice at seventeen divides Robert Littman’s future into two lives, one shaped by love, the other by ambition. Blending fiction with lived experience, this autofiction novel follows the parallel paths he might have walked, exploring what we carry, what we abandon, and how a life is shaped by the moments we never forget.
A single decision at seventeen splits Robert Littman‘s life in two, sending him down parallel paths that unfold across six decades. One life draws him toward love, belonging, and the slow, imperfect work of becoming a man capable of tenderness. The other pushes him toward ambition, reinvention, and the kind of success that demands its own sacrifices.
Blending fiction with lived experience, The Two Lives of Robert Littman moves between these mirrored futures, revealing the echoes, regrets, and unexpected graces that shape a life. Along the way, the people who love him, and the dogs whose quiet loyalty steadies him through his darkest years, illuminate who he is in both versions of himself.
This is a story about identity, consequence, and the versions of ourselves we carry, abandon, and mourn, all circling the same question: what it means to matter.
Born in Syracuse and raised beside Oneida Lake in Cicero, New York, William Mann writes from the landscapes and working‑class rhythms that shaped him. The “Path A” storyline in his novel closely mirrors his own life before retirement. Today, he travels the country with his wife, Chris, and their dogs, Bronn and Sadie, living full‑time in an RV. That wandering life, quiet roads, open space, long stretches of reflection, informs the emotional clarity of his debut, The Two Lives of Robert Littman.
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