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Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
469 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A lush, sweeping debut novel in the vein of All the Light We Cannot See, about a Hindu perfumer and a Muslim calligrapher, who fall in love against the backdrop of Partition. 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 shop in Lahore. Over the years that follow, the perfumer's apprentice and calligrapher's apprentice fall in love with their ancient crafts and...
3) Honor
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The story of two Indian women, one a victim of a brutal crime and the other an Americanized journalist returning to India to cover the story, and the courage they inspire in each other"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"The sweeping story of the Perlmutter family opens with the moment when Lev, the assimilated, cultured German Jewish father at the center of this saga, enlists to fight in World War I, leaving behind his beautiful gentile wife Josephine and their children Franz and Vicki. Moving between Lev's and Josephine's viewpoints, Part I focuses on Lev's life-changing experiences on the Eastern Front, where he becomes involved with a local Jewish woman in the...
6) The convert
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Middle Ages have just begun when Vigdis Adelaïs, a young woman from a prosperous French family, falls in love with David Todros, a student at the city's yeshiva, and the son of a rabbi. To be together, they must flee their city, Vigdis renouncing a life of privilege and comfort. Pursued by her father's knights and in constant danger of betrayal, the lovers embark on a dangerous journey to the south of France, only to find their brief happiness...