“Years ago in Siberia, on the shores of lake Baikal, a woman read my palm. Two years after this, a Brahmin in the Indian holy city of Vrindavan peered into my future. Each told of the same joys that life would bring me. And of my death. Violent and premature. A death which would reach me soon.”

Taking these two encounters as my starting point I set off on a journey around the world to meet with astronauts, scientists, humanoid robots and visionaries. All united by just one thing: the will to beat death.

La Repubblica
“A cross between a memoir and a report… in itself it is not the tale that captures immortality it’s the ring of authenticity that does.”
“Sospeso tra memoir e reportage… il racconto non carpirà l’immortalità, ma l’autenticità si.”

IL - Sole 24 Ore
“A universal atlas on how to cheat death”
“L’atlante universale delle vie che portano a vincere la morte.”

Il Foglio
“A novel willing to take risks in order to tell its tale. Wanting to live is so much better than not wanting to die.”
“Un romanzo che accetta di rischiare per raccontare. Aver voglia di vivere è molto meglio di non voler morire.”

La voce di New York
“Here lies the true secret of immortality, now forgotten”
“Qui il vero segreto dell’immortalità ormai dimenticato.”

PUBLICATIONS Italy _ Il saggiatore
Germany _ Kosel/Penguin Random House
Spain _ Temas de hoy
Finland _ LIKE