How would you live your life if you knew the date of your death in advance? It's 1969. On New York's Lower East Side, word has spread that a mysterious woman has arrived in the neighborhood, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to predict anyone's day of death. The children of the Gold family, wrestling with self-awareness, sneak up to him to find out about their future. The predictions would influence their next four decades. Little Simon, the apple of the family's eye, escapes to the other end of the country, to California, to look for love in San Francisco of the eighties; his older sister, the dreamer Klara, obsessively confuses reality with imagination, and ends up pretending to be a Las Vegas magician; Daniel, the older son, tries to find safety as a military doctor after 9/11; and the bookworm Varya immerses herself in the research of life extension, pushing the boundaries between natural science and immortality. The Immortals is a fast-paced, remarkable and profound novel that examines the dividing line between destiny and independent decision, reality and illusion, earthly and otherworldly existence. It is a truly moving testimony about the power of fairy tales, the nature of faith and the inextricable power of family ties.

“Chloe Benjamin's family history is clever
revealed by fate and free choice
opposites."
US Weekly

“What's really magical about the novel is
the author's story-telling. Into a live one
a cutting testimony of a loving heart.”
Washington Post

"The reader is certainly completely
captivated by the world of the Gold brothers,
with a wide range of brilliant colors.
This is not a very comforting landscape,
because we know very well how it will
to end the story, but an enjoyable journey
leads there."
NPR.org

"This is a vibrant and colorful tale
reveals moving truths about
as we deal with the fact that
we all die eventually...
The starting point is brilliantly simple.”
Chicago Tribune

"Chloe Benjamin is a novelist who
who is worth paying attention to. His book, A
immortals weave together very effectively
philosophy and divination. It's just like that
dizzyingly skilled as a tightrope walker
stunt. Readers are dazzled
then the multitude of unexpected turns and
the beautiful, elegant, powerful prose. This is it
ambitious, not at all ordinary
a story can change it imperceptibly
the man."
The Economist