The Price of Freedom

Saadat Hasan Manto

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Urdu

Penguin
15 July 2025

Fiction & Literature; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Short stories; Fiction in translation; Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict

Series: Penguin Archive

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books

Saadat Hasan Manto, the most widely read and translated writer in the Urdu language, captured the devastation and absurdity of the partition of India and Pakistan like no other. The Price of Freedom brings together ten of his best stories, focusing on human voices from the religious fracture that forever unhinged two newly independent nations. Powerful, piercing and deeply moving, Manto's works are key to understanding this bloody chapter in South Asian history.

By: Saadat Hasan Manto
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 180mm, Width: 110mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 90g
ISBN: 9780241747223
ISBN 10: 0241747228
Series: Penguin Archive
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 15 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

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.