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020			_a9789356294004 (HB)
041			_aeng
080			_a82-3 _bMAL
100			_aMalhotra, Aanchal
245			_aThe Book of Everlasting Things _b: A Novel
260			_bHarper Collins _c2023 _aGurugram
300			_a453p.
520			_aOn 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
650			_aMuslims -- Fiction
650			_aPartition -- Fiction
650			_aHistorical Fiction
690			_aGeneral
942			_cBK
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