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Malhotra Aanchal - The Book Of Everlasting Things A Novel - Paperback
Malhotra Aanchal - The Book Of Everlasting Things A Novel - Paperback
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Description: FOR FANS OF ALL THE Light WE Cannot SEE A LUSH Sweeping LOVE Story About A Hindu Perfumer AND A Muslim Calligrapher SET Against THE Backdrop OF Partition " Monumental. A far - reaching love story." - NPR (A Best Book of the Year)" Mesmerizing." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) " Exquisite." - Library Journal (starred review)" Majestic." - Booklist (starred review) 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.
Title: The Book Of Everlasting Things A Novel
Author(s): Malhotra Aanchal
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Barcode: 9781250802033
Pages: 480 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 11/7/2023
Category: Historical Fiction
Description: FOR FANS OF ALL THE Light WE Cannot SEE A LUSH Sweeping LOVE Story About A Hindu Perfumer AND A Muslim Calligrapher SET Against THE Backdrop OF Partition " Monumental. A far - reaching love story." - NPR (A Best Book of the Year)" Mesmerizing." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) " Exquisite." - Library Journal (starred review)" Majestic." - Booklist (starred review) 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.
Title: The Book Of Everlasting Things A Novel
Author(s): Malhotra Aanchal
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Barcode: 9781250802033
Pages: 480 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 11/7/2023
Category: Historical Fiction
