Description
Set against the restless streets of 1930s Bombay, these stories follow the lives of sex workers as they navigate desire, survival, and the shifting moral weather of a city that never stops watching. With Manto’s sharp, satirical eye and a sometimes fantastical, dreamlike sensibility, the collection turns everyday encounters into searing portraits of exploitation, dignity, and the human cost of social hypocrisy. Across its cast of characters, it explores themes of power and vulnerability, the violence of judgment, and the uneasy boundaries between respectability and reality. Written in the tradition of Manto’s fearless short fiction—renowned for its candor and emotional precision—this is a work that feels both historically grounded and hauntingly contemporary.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Random House
Published Jan 1, 2014
336 pages
ISBN: 9781448162369
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Details
First Published
2014
Language
eng
Translation
From: urd
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Bombay Stories by Saadat Hasan Manto.