{"title":"Sadaat Hasan Manto","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"dog-of-tithwal-book-sadaat-hasan-manto-9781953861009","title":"The Dog of Tithwal","description":"\u003cb\u003e\" Manto's empathy and narrative economy invite comparisons with Chekhov. These readable, idiomatic translations have all the agile swiftness and understated poignancy that parallel suggests.\" ---Boyd Tonkin, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eStories from \"the undisputed master of the modern Indian short story\" encircling the marginalized, forgotten lives of Bombay, set against the backdrop of the India-Pakistan Partition (Salman Rushdie)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e By far the most comprehensive collection of stories by this 20th Century master available in English.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A master of the short story, Saadat Hasan Manto opens a window onto Bombay's demimonde-its prostitutes, rickshaw drivers, artists, and strays as well probing the pain and bewilderment of the Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs ripped apart by the India-Pakistan Partition.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Manto is best known for his dry-eyed examination of the violence, horrors, and reverberations from the Partition. From a stray dog caught in the crossfire at the fresh border of India and Pakistan, to friendly neighbors turned enemy soldiers pausing for tea together in a momentary cease fire-Manto shines incandescent light into hidden corners with an unflinching gaze, and a fierce humanism.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With a foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Vijay Seshadri, these stories are essential reading for our current moment where divisiveness is erupting into violence in so many parts of the world.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49737879421201,"sku":"NGR9781953861009","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50634325590289,"sku":"CIN1953861008G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51342021722385,"sku":"GOR012957383","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52715302551825,"sku":"GOR014592286","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53004584812817,"sku":"NIN9781953861009","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1953861008.jpg?v=1751062958"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-sadaat-hasan-manto.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}