Review: India’s Partition in deeply human debut novel
Associated Press“The Book of Everlasting Things” by Aanchal Malhotra Star-crossed lovers. Aanchal Malhotra’s debut novel “The Book of Everlasting Things” paints a riveting picture of the 1947 Partition of India using all senses — especially and unusually leaning into smell. But Partition takes “star-crossed lovers” to a new level as violence takes hold of Lahore, threatening to leave no person untouched by the impending split that would result in Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan. To truly understand the history and the characters, Malhotra brings us back to Samir’s uncle — the first in his family to enlist in the army — witnessing firsthand the horrors of World War I trenches for the sake of India’s colonizer, Great Britain. At all turns, “The Book of Everlasting Things” is deeply human, with careful attention paid to both factual and emotional accuracy.
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