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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.

'We wake up to tomorrow, never yesterday.' Epic, tender, breathtakingly ambitious, Under Story is a once read, never forgotten exploration of the power of second chances, and the hope that the impossible might also be true. At an isolated research station in Antarctica, biologist Laurel Salter washes dishes for a living ten hours a day, six days a week. She tells no one why she left her career or why her marriage ended. But even in this remote outpost, Laurel cannot outrun her past. When a visual disturbance known as the Arc draws a group of physicists to McMurdo, Laurel realises that her former husband Eli is about to re-enter her life. Whether it is circumstance or fate that has brought them back together, Laurel and Eli each sense a possibility about the Arc's appearance: its glow; the way it seems almost alive. And while Eli is reluctant to test the scientists' wilder theories, it is Laurel who is willing to risk everything to fix the burden that hangs between them--to turn back the clock and live their story a second time. But this time, live it differently.

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.??

If you knew the date you were going to die, then how would you live your life? asks this bestselling, critically acclaimed novel.

The bewitching first novel from the bestselling author of THE IMMORTALISTS'Benjamin is a gifted writer, a creator of quiet asides and haunting images' Financial Times'Matches the subtle surrealism of a dream with the underpinnings of a thriller' Emma Straub'You wonder if here is a writer who is truly capable of anything' Daily MailSylvie and Gabe meet and fall in love at boarding school in Northern California when they are just teenagers. Their headmaster is the enigmatic and mysterious Dr Keller, a man obsessed with the idea that people's waking stress and trauma can be cured in their dreams. The young couple can't help but be drawn into his magnetic pull and slowly become involved in his research. Years later, Sylvie and Gabe are once again working on Dr Keller's experiments and Sylvie slowly begins to realise there is more both to her employer and her lover than meets the eye, and that the line between dreams and reality has become dangerously blurred.

Discover the award-winning debut novel by the New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists, a "majestic collision of sci-fi thriller and love story" (Bustle) about a young woman struggling with questions of love, trust, and ethics as the line between dreams and reality dangerously blurs. When Sylvie Patterson, a bookish student at a Northern California boarding school, falls in love with a spirited, elusive classmate named Gabe, they embark on an experiment that changes their lives. Their headmaster, Dr. Adrian Keller, is a charismatic medical researcher who has staked his career on the therapeutic potential of lucid dreaming: by teaching his patients to become conscious during sleep, he believes he can relieve stress and trauma. Over the next six years, Sylvie and Gabe become consumed by Keller's work, following him across the country. But when an opportunity brings the trio to the Midwest, Sylvie and Gabe stumble into a tangled relationship with their mysterious neighbors--and Sylvie begins to doubt the ethics of Keller's research. As she navigates the hazy, permeable boundaries between what is real and what isn't, who can be trusted and who cannot, Sylvie also faces surprising developments in herself--an unexpected infatuation, growing paranoia, and a new sense of rebellion. With stirring, elegant prose, "Chloe Benjamin has crafted an eerie, compelling first novel which, like the lingering effects of a vivid dream, resonates long past its finish" (Karen Brown, The Longings of Wayward Girls).

Det är sommar 1969 i New York. I ett nedgånget hyreshus har ett medium flyttat in. Hon säger sig kunna förutspå människors dödsdagar. Uttråkade på gränsen till desperation nappar de fyra syskonen Gold direkt. Simon, Klara, Daniel och Varya är för unga för att förstå vidden av vetskapen, när de smyger sig ut för att ta reda på sina öden.Under åren som kommer måste syskonen välja hur de ska leva med de profetior de gavs den dagen. Kommer de att acceptera, ignorera, fuska eller trotsa dem? Simon, yngst i syskonskaran, flyr till San Fransisco i jakten på kärlek och frihet; Klara blir illusionist i Las Vegas, besatt av att testa gränsen mellan fantasi och verklighet; Daniel försöker kontrollera sitt öde genom att bli militärläkare i armén; och Varya, den äldsta i syskonskaran, vänder sig till vetenskapen för att finna svaren hon söker.De odödliga är en stark och gripande roman som ställer frågor om hur vi lever, hur vi dör och vad vi gör med den korta tid vi har.

I New York anländer en mystisk kvinna som kan förutsäga framtiden. Rykten om detta når Gold-familjen, och de bestämmer sig för att ta reda på vad som väntar dem. Profetian sträcker sig över de närmaste fem decennierna. Simon reser till Västkusten i sökandet efter kärlek i San Francisco. Drömmaren Clara blir illusionist i Las Vegas. Daniel, som överlevde attacken mot World Trade Center, blir militär läkare. Äldsta barnet i familjen, Varya, ägnar sig åt studiet av långt liv. Är deras dagar verkligen räknade, och på vem beror det? Sökare av odödlighet måste välja mellan verklighet och illusion, det förflutna och framtiden, kärlek och lidande...