The Immortalists
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4.1 • 110 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Washington Post • NPR • Entertainment Weekly • Real Simple • Marie Claire • New York Public Library • LibraryReads • The Skimm • Lit Hub • Lit Reactor
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“A captivating family saga.”—The New York Times Book Review
“This literary family saga is perfect for fans of Celeste Ng and Donna Tartt.”—People Magazine (Book of the Week)
If you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life?
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. The Gold children—four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness—sneak out to hear their fortunes.
The prophecies inform their next five decades. 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; and bookish Varya throws herself into longevity research, where she tests the boundary between science and immortality.
A sweeping novel of remarkable ambition and depth, The Immortalists probes the line between destiny and choice, reality and illusion, this world and the next. It is a deeply moving testament to the power of story, the nature of belief, and the unrelenting pull of familial bonds.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The Immortalists was a perfect book to bring on vacation. It’s the story of four siblings whose lives veer in wildly different directions after a close-knit childhood spent in a small New York City apartment, and it’s riveting from start to finish. Chloe Benjamin fully immerses us in each of her characters’ experiences, dropping us into the seedy glamour of a San Francisco nightclub, the hardscrabble world of professional magicians, and a state-of-the-art lab specializing in anti-aging research using primates. Bursting with color and heartache, Benjamin’s novel celebrates the messiness of life.
Customer Reviews
The immortalists
Interesting book with strange characters...