Overview
In this āingenious, funny, and chillingā novel (Publishers Weekly, starred review) from the author of Spaceman of Bohemia, two long-lost siblings risk everything to save their mother from oblivion in an authoritarian near-future America obsessedĀ with digital consciousness and eternal lifeāa story that āpacks a walloping punchā (Esquire).
When AdĆ©la 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 AdĆ©la 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.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 VITAās alarming activity in the wastelands of what was once Florida, and persuade the Czech brother sheās never met to join her in this odds-defying adventure.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā
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Narrated from the beyond by AdĆ©laās restless spirit,Ā A Brief History of Living ForeverĀ is a high-wire act of storytelling from a writer ābooming with vitality and originality,ā whose āvoice is distinct enough to leave tread marksā (New York Times). By turns insightful, moving, and funny, the novel not only confirms Jaroslav KalfaÅās boundless powers of invention but also exults in the love between a mother and her daughter, which neither space nor time can sever.
āKalfaÅ is a wise, rapturous, and original writer . . . Eloquent, heart-stunning, and rich in awe-inspiring prose.ā āSan Francisco Chronicle
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āRelentlessly inventive . . . His writing has the same hyperactivity and fidgety contempt for generic boundaries as that of the young Safran Foer.ā āThe Guardian
This book title, A Brief History of Living Forever (A Novel), ISBN: 9780316463195, by Jaroslav Kalfar, published by Little, Brown and Company (March 1, 2026) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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