The Elixir of Immortality by Gabi Gleichmann, translated by Michael Meigs, is a new philosophical thriller from Sweden with occult themes, recently published by Other Press. “A mesmerizing debut novel that spans a thousand years of European and Jewish history seen through the beguiling members of the Spinoza family.” The Elixir of Immortality blends truth and fiction in tragic tales that prove “the only thing that can possibly give human beings immortality on this earth: our ability to remember.”