Pakistan: Alhamra. — 530 p. (in Urdu)
Shaukat Siddiqui (1923 – 2006) was a Pakistani writer of fiction
who wrote in Urdu. He is best known for his novels Khuda Ki Basti
(God's Own Land) and Jangloos.
A mode classic of Urdu literature, Khuda Ki Basti, takes place during the 1950s in the slums of Karachi and Lahore in a newly independent Pakistan. The story revolves around a poor, respectable family which has fallen on hard times. Corruption and degradation take over their lives. Jobless, and without any real hope of a better life, they find themselves in the clutches of unprincipled entrepreneurs who exploit them. The tragic, deeply moving finale is inevitable.
A mode classic of Urdu literature, Khuda Ki Basti, takes place during the 1950s in the slums of Karachi and Lahore in a newly independent Pakistan. The story revolves around a poor, respectable family which has fallen on hard times. Corruption and degradation take over their lives. Jobless, and without any real hope of a better life, they find themselves in the clutches of unprincipled entrepreneurs who exploit them. The tragic, deeply moving finale is inevitable.