Immortalists: If you knew the date of your death, how would you live?

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It’s 1969, and holed up in a grimy tenement building in New York’s Lower East Side is a travelling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the date they will die. Four siblings, too young for what they are about to hear, sneak out to hear their fortunes. We then follow the intertwined paths the siblings take over the course of five decades and, in particular, how they choose to live with the supposed knowledge the fortune-teller gave them that day. This is a story about life, mortality and the choices we make: is it better to live a long and cautious life, or to burn brightly, but for the shortest time?

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‘Once I started reading The Immortalists, I resented every moment I had to spend away from the book until I’d finished’ Stylist

‘A compelling and utterly absorbing read with virtuoso storytelling on display’ Sunday Express

It’s 1969, and holed up in a grimy tenement building in New York’s Lower East Side is a travelling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the date they will die. The four Gold children, too young for what they’re about to hear, sneak out to learn their fortunes.

Such prophecies could be dismissed as trickery and nonsense, yet the Golds bury theirs deep. Over the years that follow they attempt to ignore, embrace, cheat and defy the ‘knowledge’ given to them that day – but it will shape the course of their lives forever.

Readers love The Immortalists:

‘I read this book over three days and will remember it for a lifetime‘ *****

‘This is a book that I never wanted to finish reading. I truly enjoyed each single word of it’ *****

‘A book of epic proportions. . . mystical and hugely memorable . . . I can’t praise it highly enough. A must read!’ *****

‘Deserves all the noise around it’ *****

‘One of those books I wish I could un-read so I could read it all over again for the first time’ *****

‘A perfect book club read’ *****

Additional information

Weight 0.302 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 15.6 × 2.8 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

417

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

813.6 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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