Description
Set across Bombay and other corners of India, this collection gathers Sa‘adat Hasan Manto’s most piercing stories of lives lived at the margins—prostitutes and pimps, street-traders and gangsters, and the ordinary people swept into extraordinary violence. With a fearless, unsentimental eye, Manto moves from the intimate pressures of everyday survival to the devastating moral chaos of the Partition of 1947, where fear and hatred fracture communities. These stories explore themes of cruelty and compassion, the thin line between dignity and degradation, and how history turns private choices into public ruin. Known for his stark realism and uncompromising voice, Manto delivers narratives that are both deeply human and hauntingly unforgettable.
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paperback
Verso
Published Jan 1, 1987
257 pages
ISBN: 0860911837
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First Published
1989
Language
eng
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