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The book of everlasting things

Title
The book of everlasting things / Aanchal Malhotra.
Author
Malhotra, Aanchal
Publication
  • New York, NY : Flatiron Books, 2022.
  • ©2022

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TextUse in library JFE 23-1069Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Description
469 pages; 25 cm
Summary
"A lush, sweeping debut novel in the vein of All the Light We Cannot See, about a Hindu perfumer and a Muslim calligrapher, who fall in love against the backdrop of Partition. On a January morning in 1938, Samir Vij first locks eyes with Firdaus Khan through the rows of perfume bottles in his family's ittar shop in Lahore. Over the years that follow, the perfumer's apprentice and calligrapher's apprentice fall in love with their ancient crafts and with each other, dreaming of the life they will one day share. But as the struggle for Indian independence gathers force, their beloved city is ravaged by Partition. Suddenly, they find themselves on opposite sides: Samir, a Hindu, becomes Indian and Firdaus, a Muslim, becomes Pakistani, their love now forbidden. Severed from one another, Samir and Firdaus make a series of fateful decisions that will change the course of their lives forever. As their paths spiral away from each other, they must each decide how much of the past they are willing to let go, and what it will cost them. Lush, sensuous, and deeply romantic, The Book of Everlasting Things is the story of two lovers and two nations, split apart by forces beyond their control, yet bound by love and memory. Filled with exquisite descriptions of perfume and calligraphy, spanning continents and generations, Aanchal Malhotra's debut novel is a feast for the senses and the heart"--
Subject
  • 1947
  • Man-woman relationships > Fiction
  • Interfaith marriage > Fiction
  • Hindus > Fiction
  • Muslims > Fiction
  • Hindus
  • Interfaith marriage
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Muslims
  • Marriage
  • Living arrangements
  • India > History > Partition, 1947 > Fiction
  • Pakistan > History > Fiction
  • India
  • Pakistan
Genre/Form
  • Fiction.
  • History.
  • Romance fiction.
  • Historical fiction.
  • Novels.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-463).
Call Number
JFE 23-1069
ISBN
  • 9781250802026
  • 1250802024
  • 9781250802019 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2022019620
OCLC
1289251637
Author
Malhotra, Aanchal, author.
Title
The book of everlasting things / Aanchal Malhotra.
Publisher
New York, NY : Flatiron Books, 2022.
Copyright Date
©2022
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-463).
Chronological Term
1947
Research Call Number
JFE 23-1069
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