Basti | Intizar Husain | Translated by Frances W. Pritchett Hong Kong all of her achievements would

all of her achievements would be rejected

Salam's grandpa says that olive trees are strong and that their roots run deep in their Palestinian land

to democracies that fail to protect their vulnerable

Dimensions: 22cm x 28cm

meet at a taverna on the island they both call home

Basti | Intizar Husain | Translated by Frances W. Pritchett Hong Kong all of her achievements wouldAn NYRB Classics Original Basti is a beautifully written reckoning with the tragic history of Pakistan. Basti means settlement, a common place, and Intizar Husains 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