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New York, 1969. De broers en zussen Gold krijgen als kind hun sterfdatum te horen van een helderziende. De voorspelling heeft grote gevolgen voor hen in de vijftig jaar die volgen en allevier proberen ze op eigen wijze het lot te bezweren: oogappel Simon vlucht naar de westkust, op zoek naar de liefde in het San Francisco van de jaren tachtig. De dromerige Klara wordt illusionist in Las Vegas, geobsedeerd door de grens tussen werkelijkheid en fantasie. Oudste zoon Daniel zoekt naar zekerheid als legerarts in de jaren na 9/11, hopend aan het lot te kunnen ontkomen.

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.

Wenn du wüsstest, an welchem Tag du stirbst: Wie würdest du leben? New York 1969: die Geschwister Simon, Klara, Daniel und Varya legen ihr Taschengeld zusammen und suchen eine Wahrsagerin auf. Die kann angeblich den Tag des Todes vorhersagen. Aufgebracht, ungläubig, schulterzuckend reagieren die Kinder auf die Prophezeiung - und doch wird das Wissen ihr Leben beeinflussen. Während Simon sein Glück im liberalen San Francisco der 80er Jahre findet und Klara sich ihrer Leidenschaft Magie verschreibt, suchen Daniel als Arzt und Varya als Wissenschaftlerin sicheren Boden. Und die Antwort auf die Frage, ob die Wahrsagerin recht behalten würde.

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, 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.

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.

Forse non sarebbe successo niente se non fossero stati nel cuore dell'estate, con un mese e mezzo di noia umida alle spalle e un altro mese e mezzo davanti. In casa non c'è aria condizionata e quest'anno - l'estate del 1969 - sembra che stia succedendo qualcosa a tutti tranne che a loro, i fratelli Gold. Mentre gli altri si sballano a Woodstock, New York non offre loro altro che un incontro con una veggente che, si dice nel quartiere, sarebbe in grado di predire la data di morte. I quattro ragazzi ci vanno, per gioco, per vestirsi di paura, per fare la rivoluzione a modo loro.