- Paperback
- 368 pages
- The Immortalists
- Chloe Benjamin
- English
- 18 July 2018 Chloe Benjamin
- 073521509X
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR The 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 struggles to maintain 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.Both a dazzling family love story and 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. Read The Immortalists author Chloe Benjamin – lemois-ess.org
And what if I change It seems impossible that Varya s future is already inside her like an actress just offstage, waiting decades to leave the wings Then you d be special Cause most people don t2 1 2 stars I have a lot of mixed feelings about The Immortalists Though there were parts I enjoyed, I was left feeling underwhelmed and like I d recommend many other similar books before recommending this one.You should be aware that this is literary fiction and focuses in depth on the livesAnd what if I change It seems impossible that Varya s future is already inside her like an actress just offstage, waiting decades to leave the wings Then you d be special Cause most people don t2 1 2 stars I have a lot of mixed feelings about The Immortalists Though there were parts I enjoyed, I was left feeling underwhelmed and like I d recommend many other similar books before recommending this one.You should be aware that this is literary fiction and focuses in depth on the lives of four siblings The enchanting premise that seems to promise elements of magical realism and the fantastical is a little misleading, as there is very little about prophecies and destiny Though, personally, this didn t bother me so much I really enjoy reading about families and the dynamics between them, especially when spread over many years, and I found it interesting to explor...
Update I must add onethought to this review The Book Cover is not only lovely but now that I ve read the book I recognize this perfect design is symbolic to this story Jewish Kabbalists believe The Tree of Life to be a diagrammatic representation of the process by which the Universe came into being Jewish Kabbalists also don t envision time and space as pre existing A wonderful sy...
The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin is a 2018 G.P Putnam s Sons publication In a novel, so centered on death, there is a tremendous amount of life and living within these pages.Beginning in 1969, the four Gold siblings boldly knock on the door of a fortune teller who then proceeds to impart to them the one thing nobody knows when they enter this world the exact day you will die For better or worse, Varya, Daniel, Klara and Simon cope with this heavy information, but, their...
See my exclusive interview with Chloe Benjamin about her novel The Immortalists hereThere are two major theories about how to stop aging It sounds like you re saying we can choose to live Or we can choose to survive Chloe Benjamin s The Immortalists is a thoughtfully executed novel written in simple, yet often poetic, prose that allowed the characters voices at their most forceful to shine on their own past the narrative itself More than that, it is a novel crafted around a question we See my exclusive interview with Chloe Benjamin about her novel The Immortalists hereThere are two major theories about how to stop aging It sounds like you re saying we can choose to live Or we can choose to survive Chloe Benjamin s The Immortalists is a thoughtfully executed novel written in simple, yet often poetic, prose that allowed the characters voices at their most forceful to shine on their own past the narrative itself More than that, it is a novel crafted around a question we all ask ourselvesoften than we d care to admit Is itimportant to truly live or to survive To dare to dream at our grandest or to play it safe And, if you knew the exact day on which you d die, would you live your life any differently than you would without that hateful knowledge In their youth, the Gold siblings follow a rumor to the home of a Gypsy fortune t...
The Immortalists Imagine you are a kid and together with your siblings you sneak out of the house to go see a gypsy woman who is said to be able predict the day you die It s 1969 in New York City s East side, and word has spread about a mystical woman, a traveling psychic.You go to see her and all of you get to hear your date.You go home and then Life goes on Will you believe this prophecy, will it influence the way you live Will you be able to handle it How will you live your life Th The Immortalists Imagine you are a kid and together with your siblings you sneak out of the house to go see a gypsy woman who is said to be able predict the day you die It s 1969 in New York City s East side, and word has spread about a mystical woman, a traveling psychic.You go to see her and all of you get to hear your date.You go home and then Life goes on Will you believe this prophecy, will it influence the way you live Will you be able to handle it How will you live your life This is the story of a Jewish family in New York, featuring four siblings, Simon, Klara, Daniel and Varya, and their mother Each chapter tells about one of the siblin...
I d rate this 4.5 stars.If you could know the exact day of your death, would you want to find out If you did find out, how would knowing that information affect how you lived your life These questions are at the heart of The Immortalists , Chloe Benjamin s deeply affecting and beautifully written new book.In 1969, growing up on New York s Lower East Side, the Gold siblings learn that there is a traveling fortune teller in their neighborhood who can tell anyone the day they will die While not I d rate this 4.5 stars.If you could know the exact day of your death, would you want to find out If you did find out, how would knowing that information affect how you lived your life These questions are at the heart of The Immortalists , Chloe Benjamin s d...
3.5 3.75 I actually ended up liking thisthan I expected The premise was very intriguing Four siblings meet a psychic who tells them the exact date they will die It then influences how they choose to live their lives.This feltlike a historical fiction contemporary than fantas...
Chloe Benjamin s epic The Immortalists has us considering some of the most fundamental and complex questions about life and how we live it It is thought provoking as it asks does knowledge of our mortality make us live our life to the utmost or makes us fearful, guilty, and seek to outwit death It is 1969 and in Manhattan, New York, the 4 Jewish Gold children seek a light hearted encounter with a gypsy psychic, who tells each of them their prophecies and their date of death They cannot break Chloe Benjamin s epic The Immortalists has us c...
Conceptually intriguing but lackluster in its execution Benjamin s contemporary coming of age tantalizes with its premise of four siblings who encounter a traveling psychic who reveals when they will die but is feather light in its examination of the line between destiny and choice Despite mention of mysticism and psychics, gypsies and magicians, the prose is unadorned, and the brevity of each character s story evokes a perpetual sense of detachment The fun of The I...
This was a Traveling Sisters Group Read, and only two of us were left standing in the Lush Coulee with the rest of the sisters leaving the coulee at or before the first goal of this book Thank you to Jennifer for reading this one with me, it was a pleasure and I loved the discussion this book brought out.4.5 stars This was such a memorable and interesting read that had such a unique storyline with a pro...