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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.”…
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Layered with evocative details, The Book of Everlasting Things is the story of two new nations rendered violently apart from each other, and two lovers’ fates entwined with the future of their countries.
The novel shines in its feel of the marketplace, the community, and the everyday people. The reader can clearly imagine the smells, visualize how perfumers make magic happen, and how calligraphers capture beauty.
The Partition between India and Pakistan is a painful memory for most South Asians. The author has handled it very delicately while personifying the pain and loss for two sets of families from the…
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