The Book of Everlasting Things: A Novel

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 ...