We know that the psychic said his predicated date happens when he’s “young.” We just don’t know how young it will be. We first follow Simon, a 16-year-old who finally feels free to embrace his homosexuality when he moves to San Francisco with his sister Klara. In a sense, they’re all living with urgency but afraid they’re not making the most of the time they have. But with the curse of knowing their end date, it might have shaped their personality more than expected.
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 four siblingsīenjamin creates flawed characters in the Gold siblings. But would that change if suddenly we find out the hour of our passing? This is what The Immortalists is about. We know everyone will pass at some point but worrying about that future conflicts with living in the present. For more about the synopsis, click here.Įvery beginning has an ending. It is a deeply moving testament to the power of story, the nature of belief, and the unrelenting pull of familial bonds.The premise revolves around the question: if you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life? The four Gold children each find out their date from a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die.
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. 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. The prophecies inform their next five decades. The Gold children-four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness-sneak out to hear their fortunes. 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.A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Washington Post
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