The Everlasting: A Novel

NEW YORK TIMES BEST HISTORICAL FICTION OF 2020

"Only Katy Simpson Smith could have written a novel of such elegance, emotional power, and grace. The Everlasting, a quadruple love story spanning two millennia, is no less than the story of love itself—its frustrations and thrills, its blunders and transcendent glories. Meraviglioso."—Nathaniel Rich, author of King Zeno

From a supremely talented author comes this brilliant and inventive literary work of historical fiction, set in Rome in four di...