Can I read Basti (New York Review Books Classics) on EtoBox?

Basti (New York Review Books Classics) by Intizar Husain & Frances W. Pritchett & Asif Farrukhi is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Basti (New York Review Books Classics) about?

An NYRB Classics OriginalBasti 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.

Who reads Basti (New York Review Books Classics)?

Author

Intizar Husain & Frances W. Pritchett & Asif Farrukhi

Publisher

NYRB Classics

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781299571921

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction

Rating

3.7 / 5 (227 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14