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Basti (New York Review Books Classics) by Intizar Husain is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Basti (New York Review Books Classics) about?
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
Who reads Basti (New York Review Books Classics)?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Intizar Husain
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781590175972
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.7 / 5 (227 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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