The Book of Everlasting Things by Aanchal Malhotra

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 (...)

Aanchal Malhotra is a writer and oral historian from New Delhi, India. A cofounder of the Museum of Material Memory, Malhotra has written two
nonfiction books on the human history and generational impact of the 1947
Partition, titled Remnants of Partition and In the Language of Remembering.
The Book of Everlasting Things is her debut novel.

Flatiron Books
On Sale: Nov 7/23
5.38 x 8.25 • 480 pages
9781250802033 • $24.99 • pb
Fiction / Historical