Intiz̤ār Ḥusain, 1925-20162012
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. T...