A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2018, Booklist Editors’ Choice Book (January 2019), and Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2018
What would it really mean to live forever?**
Rachel’s current troubles—a middle-aged son mining digital currency in her basement, a scientist granddaughter trying to peek into her genes—are only the latest in a litany spanning dozens of countries, scores of marriages, hundreds of children, and 2,000 years, going back to Roman-occupied Jerusalem. Only one person shares her immortality: an illicit lover who pursues her through the ages. But when her children develop technologies that could change her fate, Rachel must find a way out. From ancient religion to the scientific frontier, Dara Horn pits our efforts to make life last against the deeper challenge of making life worth living.
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Review
Eternal Life takes the psychological novel to places I've never seen before...Riveting, startling, hilarious, and sad--I've never read anything like it. --Elif Batuman, author of The Idiot
An elegant musing on sacredness, history, and purpose that is, at the same time, a deliciously romantic, highly suspenseful page-turner.--Geraldine Brooks, author of The Secret Chord
Both heady time travel and a thoughtful meditation on the meaning of life; highly recommended.
A fresh exploration of memory and the future. . . . Poignant and thoughtful.
Funny and compassionate.
About the Author
Dara Horn is a two-time winner of the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction and one of Granta's Best American Novelists. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and four children.
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A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2018, Booklist Editors’ Choice Book (January 2019), and Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2018
What would it really mean to live forever?**
Rachel’s current troubles—a middle-aged son mining digital currency in her basement, a scientist granddaughter trying to peek into her genes—are only the latest in a litany spanning dozens of countries, scores of marriages, hundreds of children, and 2,000 years, going back to Roman-occupied Jerusalem. Only one person shares her immortality: an illicit lover who pursues her through the ages. But when her children develop technologies that could change her fate, Rachel must find a way out. From ancient religion to the scientific frontier, Dara Horn pits our efforts to make life last against the deeper challenge of making life worth living. **
Review
Eternal Life takes the psychological novel to places I've never seen before...Riveting, startling, hilarious, and sad--I've never read anything like it. --Elif Batuman, author of The Idiot
An elegant musing on sacredness, history, and purpose that is, at the same time, a deliciously romantic, highly suspenseful page-turner.--Geraldine Brooks, author of The Secret Chord
Both heady time travel and a thoughtful meditation on the meaning of life; highly recommended.
A fresh exploration of memory and the future. . . . Poignant and thoughtful.
Funny and compassionate.
About the Author
Dara Horn is a two-time winner of the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction and one of Granta's Best American Novelists. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and four children.