{"product_id":"a-brief-history-of-living-forever-hardcover","title":"A Brief History of Living Forever - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJaroslav Kalfar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \"ingenious, funny, and chilling\" novel (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) from the author of \u003ci\u003eSpaceman of Bohemia\u003c\/i\u003e, two long-lost siblings risk everything to save their mother from oblivion in an authoritarian near-future America obsessed with digital consciousness and eternal life--a story that \"packs a walloping punch\" (\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Adéla discovers she has a terminal illness, she leaves behind her native Czech village for a chance at reuniting in America with Tereza, the daughter she gave up at birth, decades earlier. But the country Adéla experienced as a young woman, when she eloped with a filmmaker and starred in his cult sci-fi movie, has changed entirely. In 2030, America is ruled by an authoritarian government increasingly closed off to the rest of the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tereza, the star researcher for VITA, a biotech company hellbent on discovering the key to immortality, is overjoyed to meet her mother, with whom she forms an instant, profound connection. But when their time together is cut short by shocking events, Tereza must uncover VITA's alarming activity in the wastelands of what was once Florida, and persuade the Czech brother she's never met to join her in this odds-defying adventure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Narrated from the beyond by Adéla's restless spirit, \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Living Forever\u003c\/i\u003e is a high-wire act of storytelling from a writer \"booming with vitality and originality,\" whose \"voice is distinct enough to leave tread marks\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). By turns insightful, moving, and funny, the novel not only confirms Jaroslav Kalfař's boundless powers of invention but also exults in the love between a mother and her daughter, which neither space nor time can sever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Kalfař is a wise, rapturous, and original writer . . . Eloquent, heart-stunning, and rich in awe-inspiring prose.\" --\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Relentlessly inventive . . . His writing has the same hyperactivity and fidgety contempt for generic boundaries as that of the young Safran Foer.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJaroslav Kalfař, \u003c\/b\u003e born in the Czech Republic, immigrated to the Unites States at the age of fifteen. He is the author of the critically acclaimed debut\u003ci\u003e Spaceman of Bohemia, \u003c\/i\u003ea finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award that was translated into fifteen languages and is being made into a major motion picture starring Adam Sandler and two-time Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan. Kalfař holds an MFA from New York University and lives in Brooklyn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.7 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 28, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768131289376,"sku":"9780316463188","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d983f9b265391d3f768cbfeedf18bcca.webp?v=1780325449","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-brief-history-of-living-forever-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}