It is a deeply moving testament to the power of story, the nature of belief, and the unrelenting pull of familial bonds. Golden-boy Simon escapes to the West Coast, searching for love in '80s San Francisco dreamy Klara becomes a Las Vegas magician, obsessed with blurring reality and fantasy eldest son Daniel seeks security as an army doctor post-9/11, hoping to control fate and bookish Varya throws herself into longevity research, where she tests the boundary between science and immortality.Ī sweeping novel of remarkable ambition and depth, The Immortalists probes the line between destiny and choice, reality and illusion, this world and the next. But with the curse of knowing their end date, it might have shaped their personality. And it is true that each of them exhibit selfishness and arrogance at times. Prior to reading this novel, a user on Instagram warned me that the characters aren’t exactly likable.

The prophecies inform their next five decades. 9 2018 by Chloe Benjamin (Author) 8,591 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 32.48 36 Used from 11.11 17 New from 25.98 1 Collectible from 32.25 Paperback 20.71 19 Used from 4.17 9 New from 15. Benjamin creates flawed characters in the Gold siblings. The Gold children-four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness-sneak out to hear their fortunes. A sweeping novel of remarkable ambition and depth, The Immortalists probes the line between destiny and choice, reality and illusion, this world and the. It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die.

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