The Eternal Doom - Rehma Zaheer Ghaus

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Résumé :
Rehma Zaheer Ghaus' extraordinary novel is set in a world where humanity has realized its deepest dream: the conquest of immortality. It follows three main narratives through this strange new world: the story of Stephen, accused, falsely or otherwise, of a terrible crime; of Mr. Walter, a celebrated novelist who dreams only of reuniting his childhood playmates; and of Lester, whose sister Amy has fallen victim to a cocaine addiction for which Lester is himself partly responsible. All three stories are continually shadowed by the spirit world, of angels and demons, to which Rehma Zaheer is unusually sensitive. All exemplify the troubling, and perhaps disastrous consequences, of a world from which humanity's deepest fear - death - has been banished. The result is much more than a work of fiction. Rehma's book places in question the future of humanity itself.