| Basti Revised Edition Contributor(s): Husain, Intizar (Author), Pritchett, Frances W. (Translator), Farrukhi, Asif (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1590175824 ISBN-13: 9781590175828 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Asian - Indic - History | Asia - India & South Asia |
| Dewey: 891.439 |
| LCCN: 2012029418 |
| Series: New York Review Books Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 8" (0.55 lbs) 258 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 caf s, Zakir is alone in a country lost to the politics of loneliness. |