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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.

ISBN-13

9781590175828

ISBN-10

1590175824

Weight

0.56 Pounds

Dimensions

5.00 x 0.53 x 7.45 In

List Price

$17.95

Edition

1st Edition

Format

Paperback

Pages

258 pages

Publisher

NYRB Classics

Published On

2012-12-26



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