Basti |
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| Author:
| Husain, Intizar |
| Editor:
| Pritchett, Frances W. |
| Series title: | New York Review Books Classics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-299-57192-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2012 |
| Publisher: | New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $15.95 |
Book Description:
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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 cafes,...
More DescriptionAn 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 cafes, Zakir is alone in a country lost to the politics of loneliness.