1529368782 
Hardback A brief history of living forever / Jaroslav Kalfar.
Publication year: 2021
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Sceptre
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 9781529368789 (hbk.) :
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An audacious novel set in near-future America, from the critically-acclaimed author of SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA. An audacious novel set in near-future America, from the critically acclaimed author of SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA.When Adla 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, Adla 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 Adla, her mother dies and her body disappears.Narrated by Adla'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 h
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400 pages ; 23 cm
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