B A S T I
by Intizar
Husain (1979)
translated
from the Urdu
by Frances W.
Pritchett (1995)
(2nd ed. 2000)
*Introduction by
Muhammad Umar Memon (1995)*
*Translator's
introduction (1995)*
*FWP's introduction to
the etext, 2005*
*Some selected
background material*
*The new NYR Books edition,
2012, with an introduction by Asif Farrukhi*
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*Chapter One, first
half* (in Rupnagar)
*Chapter One, second
half* (on to Vyaspur)
*Chapter Two* (at
the Shiraz)
*Chapter Three* (a
silence in the streets)
*Chapter Four, first
half* (newly arrived)
*Chapter Four, second
half* (as time wears on)
*Chapter Five*
(slogans on the walls)
*Chapter Six* (a
letter from India)
*Chapter Seven, first
half* (a wartime diary)
*Chapter Seven, second
half* (midnight visions)
*Chapter Eight* (an
endgame)
*Chapter Nine* (the
aftermath)
*Chapter Ten* (death
and sleep)
*Chapter Eleven*
(the time for a sign)
*Glossary for the
translation*
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*Urdu
serial glossary*
*Urdu text*
*Intizar Husain reads from
Chapter One*
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