Basti

Fiction & Literature, Religious, Historical
Cover of the book Basti by Intizar Husain, New York Review Books
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Author: Intizar Husain ISBN: 9781590175972
Publisher: New York Review Books Publication: December 26, 2012
Imprint: NYRB Classics Language: English
Author: Intizar Husain
ISBN: 9781590175972
Publisher: New York Review Books
Publication: December 26, 2012
Imprint: NYRB Classics
Language: English

An NYRB Classics Original

Basti is a beautifully written reckoning with the tragic history of Pakistan. Basti means settlement, a common place, and Intizar Husain’s extraordinary novel begins with a mythic, even mystic, vision of harmony between old and young, man and woman, Muslim and Hindu. Then Zakir, the hero, wakes to the modern world. Crowds gather. Slogans echo. Cities burn. Whether hunkered down with family or furtively meeting to exchange news with friends in cafés, Zakir is alone in a country lost to the politics of loneliness.

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An NYRB Classics Original

Basti is a beautifully written reckoning with the tragic history of Pakistan. Basti means settlement, a common place, and Intizar Husain’s extraordinary novel begins with a mythic, even mystic, vision of harmony between old and young, man and woman, Muslim and Hindu. Then Zakir, the hero, wakes to the modern world. Crowds gather. Slogans echo. Cities burn. Whether hunkered down with family or furtively meeting to exchange news with friends in cafés, Zakir is alone in a country lost to the politics of loneliness.

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