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
background material*
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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*
*Urdu study
materials and glossary*
