Bombay Stories (Paperback)

Saadat Hasan Manto; Translated by Matt Reeck, Aftab Ahmad; Introduction by Matt Reeck; Foreword by Mohammed Hanif

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A rebellious yet human portrait of India's bustling Bombay, as told by one of the greatest Urdu writers of the last century: Saadat Hasan Manto. 'The undisputed master of the modern Indian short story' Salman Rushdie, Observer In the 1930s and 40s, Bombay was the cosmopolitan capital of the subcontinent - an exhilarating hub of license and liberty, bursting with both creative energy and helpless degradation. It was also muse to the celebrated short story writer of India and Pakistan, Saadat Hasan Manto. Manto's hard-edged, moving stories remain, a hundred years after his birth, startling and provocative. In searching out those forgotten by humanity - prostitutes, conmen and crooks - Manto wrote about what it means to be human.

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Imprint:	Vintage Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2014
Authors:	Saadat Hasan Manto
Translators:	Matt Reeck (Translator) • Aftab Ahmad
Introduction by:	Matt Reeck (Translator)
Foreword by:	Mohammed Hanif
Dimensions:	197 x 129 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	274
ISBN-13:	978-0-09-958289-2
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	Urdu
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Special features > Short stories Promotions
LSN:	0-09-958289-9
Barcode:	9780099582892