What happens to loving each other forever when your soulmate decides living forever is more important?
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What happens to loving each other forever when your soulmate decides living forever is more important?
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow collides with Normal People in the universe of Everything Everywhere All at Once in WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER, a time-bending, decades-long quest for immortality -- catapulting readers from Japan to Silicon Valley to eternity.
A GOOD HOUSEKEEPING GOOD BOOKS SPRING COLLECTION PICK'I LOVED this addictive, beautifully written novel about romance, life and immortality.'DAILY MAIL'I loved it so much I wanted it to go on forever'FERN BRADY'A timeless romance and a bold, inventive novel' ELA LEE'Dazzling: a cold hard reckoning with reality; a constantly surprising fear of imagination, philosophy, humanity, warmth and love'JESSICA STANLEY'This is a must-read book for 2025, especially for fans of Gabrielle Zevin' JULIANNE PACHICOThis is the greatest romance you will ever read without the happily ever after.Yuki and Sam are soulmates.They are destined to spend the rest of their lives together.They are supposed to love one another, forever.But when a miracle drug is released which can extend a human's life indefinitely, Sam chooses to live forever, instead of loving Yuki forever - and the world they know is spun inside out.WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER plunges into a parallel universe where forever is on sale to the highest bidder. What comes next is a world-building epic narrated by an intersecting cast of characters that will drive you to the edge of reality and leave you to answer biggest questions of all: What is life without death? What is life without love?'A beautifully written book with a genius concept'LOUISE HARE'Hanna Thomas Uose has created a fully realized future; like the best speculative fiction, this novel holds a magnifying glass to familiar horrors' KATIE YEE'Hanna spins vivid, compelling human drama from vast philosophical questions with wit, elegance and verve'LISA OWENS'Who Wants to Live forever probes and searches like the best fiction does. Powerful. Highly compelling'IAN RUSSELL-HSIEH'The best book I have read this year'AJA BARBER'An ambitious novel expertly executed; full of twists, turns and tenderness' ASHLEY HICKSON-LOVENCE'An urgent and timely book'SEASON BUTLERCritic Reviews
'I have devoured this novel. Not just a genius concept, this is a beautifully written book with characters so real that by the end you'll swear you'd really met them. A brilliant debut.' -- Louise Hare Author of This Lovely City
'Who Wants to Live Forever is dazzling: a cold hard reckoning with reality; a constantly surprising feat of imagination, philosophy, humanity, warmth and love.' -- Jessica Stanley author of Consider Yourself Kissed
'The best book I have read this year' -- Aja Barber Author of Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change and Consumerism
'Both a timeless romance, and a thought-provoking exploration of the state and future of the world, Who Wants To Live Forever is a bold, inventive novel about the human experience which dares to leave the reader pondering the biggest mystery of all: the meaning of life.' -- Ela Lee Author of Jaded
'Who Wants To Live Forever probes and searches, like the best fiction does, without necessarily providing answers to the questions it asks. What gives a human life value? Does more time on this earth actually equate to more happiness? What even is happiness? This is a novel of love and of ambition, of regrets and of acceptance, written by a writer in possession of a keen insight and a powerful empathy. Highly compelling.'
-- Ian Russell-Hsieh Author of I'm New Here'A wonderfully entertaining and deeply thought-provoking novel that asks serious and substantial questions about how we live now, how we might end up living, and how we actually want to live. I loved all these characters so much - Uose's skilful and sensitive depiction of their conflicts and desires is a triumph. This is a must-read book for 2025, especially for fans of Gabrielle Zevin and Kim Stanley Robinson.' -- Julianne Pachico Author of Jungle House
'An urgent and timely book that handles its subjects with patience and affection. Full of longing, the ache of hindsight and the unnerving slide into capitalism's latest stage.' -- Season Butler Author of Cygnet
'An ambitious novel expertly executed; full of twists, turns and tenderness' -- Ashley Hickson-Lovence Author of The 392
'I loved it so much I wanted it go on forever' -- Fern Brady Author of Strong Female Character
'Who Wants to Live Forever is a deeply affecting novel about timing, family, desire, the fetishization of youth, the pursuit of greatness, and what we might be willing to sacrifice along the way. Hanna Thomas Uose has created a fully realized future; like the best speculative fiction, this novel holds a magnifying glass to familiar horrors: climate change, the evils of the pharmaceutical industry, international politics, and class disparities. But she's also created memorable flesh and blood characters around this philosophical debate of eternity; their love and their losses will stick with me for, well, forever.' -- Katie Yee author of Maggie: Or, A Man and a Woman Walk into a Bar
About the Author
Hanna Thomas Uose is a British Japanese writer living in London. In 2023, she completed the MA in Prose Fiction at the University of East Anglia. In 2022, she won the Morley Prize for Unpublished Writers of Colour and was shortlisted for the Orion/DHA Space to Write Project. She was also selected for the Asian Women Writers mentorship programme. Hanna has spent the last sixteen years working in advocacy and campaigns with organisations such as 350.org, Free Tibet, Greenpeace International, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, Level Up, Liberty, and UN Global Pulse.
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