Basti by Intizar Husain ratings, average rating, 72 reviews Open Preview Basti Quotes Showing of 2 “Other people's history can be read comfortably, the way a novel can be read comfortably. By my own history? I'm on the run from my own Author: Intizar Husain. · Intizar Husain -- Mohammad Danish Khan To his credit, Intizar Sahib has defied the charge of living in perpetual nostalgia and glorifying it. Even in Basti, nostalgia is seldom a Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins. · A partition novel which is written by Intizar hussain shows how partition impacted people and how they were displaced to be placed in a totally new surroundi.
Basti is a different kind of piecemeal historical novel, less concerned with detailed realism and continuity; as such, in many ways, it is also more true to life. A rewarding though unusual read. Indian-born Intizar Husain (انتظار حسین) (), moved to Pakistan after the Partition. Basti. Charaghon ka Dhuan. Yadon Ke Pachas Baras. Gali Kuche. Intizar Husain Ke 17 Afsane. Khaime Se Door. Shahr-e-Afsos. Shahrzad Ke Naam. Zameen Aur Falak Aur. See All. Books on Intizar Hussain 2. Insha,Kolkata. Shumara Number, Intizar Husain Aur Unke Afsane. Compiled by. 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.
Intizar Husain -- Mohammad Danish Khan. To his credit, Intizar Sahib has defied the charge of living in perpetual nostalgia and glorifying it. Even in Basti, nostalgia is seldom a source of. In any conventional story, the ending would be precisely that moment of turning—a moment in which the novelist chooses if the story is romance or tragedy. And what does Intizar Hussain do? Read Basti, and find out. This essay was originally written for BBC Radio 3’s arts programme ‘Nightwaves’. Basti is a different kind of piecemeal historical novel, less concerned with detailed realism and continuity; as such, in many ways, it is also more true to life. A rewarding though unusual read. Indian-born Intizar Husain (انتظار حسین) (), moved to Pakistan after the Partition.
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