Bombay Stories

Saadat Hasan Manto, Matt Reeck, Aftab Ahmad , Matt Reeck

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Vintage
01 May 2014

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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.

By: Saadat Hasan Manto
Foreword by: Mohammed Hanif
Introduction by: Matt Reeck
Translated by: Matt Reeck, Aftab Ahmad
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 235g
ISBN: 9780099582892
ISBN 10: 0099582899
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 01 May 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Saadat Hasan Manto has been called the greatest short story writer of the Indian subcontinent. He was born in 1912 in Punjab and went on to become a radio and film-script writer, journalist, and short story writer. His stories were highly controversial and he was tried for obscenity six times during his career. After Partition, Manto moved to Lahore with his wife and three daughters. He died there in 1955.

Reviews for Bombay Stories

The undisputed master of the modern Indian short story -- Salman Rushdie Observer Manto's irony and humanity raises him on par with Gogol -- Anita Desai Spectator The seer of Pakistan New Yorker One of the most gifted short-story writers produced by the sub-continent Guardian