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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.
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ISBN
9780735213197
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
Penguin US
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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