![]() ![]() Allegations circulate of the psychic woman’s ability to peer into the future and reveal to others the date of their death. In Chloe Benjamin‘s The Immortalists, we are introduced to four kids who are given exactly such an opportunity.The premise for the story is quite a simple one: it’s 1969 and a travelling mystic appears in New York City’s Lower East Side. ![]() Though in real life this mostly feels like a pipe dream, in the world of literature it’s only a pen stroke away from turning into reality. After all, how many of us wouldn’t want the immense power which comes with knowing what fate holds in store for us? As much as some of us hate to admit it, while we don’t believe in reading someone’s future, we would certainly love for it to be real. The idea of being able to see into one’s future defies what we know of human capabilities and would contain massive implications for the overall functioning of life. The great majority of us scoff at the idea of fortune-tellers and mystics, categorizing them as nothing but tricksters willing to prey on the naive through foolery of a bygone era. ![]()
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