Immortality is a novel set in modern Paris, woven around several threads. One follows Agnes, a woman who longs for privacy, her husband Paul, and her restless sister Laura. Another brings in Goethe and Bettina von Arnim, imagining how fame and posthumous image can distort a person. A narrator moves among these stories, reflecting on gesture, image and the desire to be remembered. It is a playful, thoughtful look at identity and legacy.