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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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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 23-1069 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- 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
- 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