Books by Saadat Hasan Manto
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English
review 1: Short stories set in Bombay and the nearby city of Pune, set mostly in some indeterminate period in the early 1900s (horse carriages are still a thing, but many of the characters work in the film industry). The characters are mostly gangsters and sex workers, poor factory workers...
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English
review 1: Has been my first experience with short stories and have felt so so amazing after reading this beautiful piece from Manto sahab. Have loved how he has painted his thinking with such clarity and detailing on the canvas. His choice of words has been immaculate especially in stories...
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review 1: Fantastic English translations of Manto's Urdu short stories, plays, letters, and essays. I will have to read the original Urdu versions, but if the English renditions are any indication, the stories bring out Manto's mastery of varied story-telling techniques that touch upon a r...