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A BRIEF HISTORY OF LIVING FOREVER - JAROSLAV KA...

'Ambitious  exciting . . . touches of Don DeLillo' Daily Telegraph 'A Kurt Vonnegut-like
satirical touch' New York Times 'Inventive and heartfelt . . . packs a walloping punch' Esquire
An audacious novel set in near-future America  from the critically acclaimed author of SPACEMAN
OF BOHEMIA. When Adéla discovers she has a terminal illness  her thoughts turn to Tereza  the
child she gave up at birth. Leaving behind her family in their native Czech village  Adéla
flies to the United States to find her long-lost daughter before it is too late. Raised in
America and living in a fractured New York City  Tereza is working for two suspicious biotech
moguls hellbent on immortality. But before Tereza can imagine a cure for Adéla  her mother dies
and her body disappears. Narrated by Adéla's restless spirit  the novel blends an immigrant
mother's heart-breaking journey through Reagan's American dream with her children's quest to
reclaim her in the near future. By turns insightful  poignant and satirical  A Brief History of
Living Forever deftly navigates grief and hope in a high-wire act of storytelling. Praise for
SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA: 'Funny  human and oddly down-to-earth' Guardian 'A superb debut' Literary
Review 'Booming with vitality and originality' New York Times

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