num_pages: 480
description: On a January morning in 1938 Samir Vij first locks eyes with Firdaus Khan through the rows of perfume bottles in his familys ittar shop in Lahore. Over the years that follow the perfumers apprentice and calligraphers 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 Malhotras debut novel is a feast for the senses and the heart.
language: English
title: The Book of Everlasting Things
publisher: Flatiron Books