The Immortalists Summary. In the summer of , the four Gold children— Varya, Daniel, Klara, and Simon —go to a fortune teller who claims that she can predict when a person will die. The woman tells Varya that she will die on January 21st, , when Varya is 88 years old. Varya soon discovers that her siblings are unsettled by their predictions, though none of them reveal exactly what the woman said. Bookpage "Chloe Benjamin's The Immortalists is the very best kind of literary thriller, its suspense deriving from characters we care about deeply and surprises that feel embedded in our shared humanity. As profound a meditation on destiny as readers are likely to encounter."/5(K). “ Chloe Benjamin’s THE IMMORTALISTS is the very best kind of literary thriller, its suspense deriving from characters we care about deeply and surprises that feel embedded in our shared humanity. As profound a meditation on destiny as readers are likely to encounter.
Chloe Benjamin is the author of The Immortalists, a New York Times bestseller, and The Anatomy of Dreams.A Barnes Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, LibraryReads favorite, and #1 Indie Next pick, The Immortalists was named a best book of by NPR, The Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, and www.doorway.ru Anatomy of Dreams received the Edna Ferber Fiction Book Award and was. The Immortalists boasts some dramatic twists and turns but these in truth are unnecessary. Benjamin is a gifted writer, a creator of quiet asides and haunting images who mines a seam of sad wisdom. Read Full Review . Rave Moira Macdonald, The Seattle Times. Benjamin slips into each of the characters' heads and lets us live there for a while. Find The Immortalists by Benjamin, Chloe at Biblio. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers.
The Immortalists is a New York Times bestselling novel by Chloe Benjamin. In the Prologue, the four Gold children, Varya, Daniel, Klara, and Simon, visit a Romani fortuneteller named Bruna Costello. Bruna predicts when each of the children will die. The novel’s four parts describe each sibling’s path through life, and, in the end, three of them—Simon, Klara, and Daniel—all die exactly when Bruna predicted. About the Author. Chloe Benjamin is the author of The Immortalists, a New York Times bestseller, and The Anatomy of Dreams. A Barnes Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, LibraryReads favorite, and #1 Indie Next pick, The Immortalists was named a best book of by NPR, The Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, and others. The Immortalists Summary. In the summer of , the four Gold children— Varya, Daniel, Klara, and Simon —go to a fortune teller who claims that she can predict when a person will die. The woman tells Varya that she will die on January 21st, , when Varya is 88 years old. Varya soon discovers that her siblings are unsettled by their predictions, though none of them reveal exactly what the woman said.
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