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Published by Vintage, 2014
ISBN 10: 0804170606ISBN 13: 9780804170604
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Published by Vintage Classics, 2014
ISBN 10: 0099582899ISBN 13: 9780099582892
Seller: HPB-Diamond, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Published by Random House
ISBN 10: 8184006411ISBN 13: 9788184006414
Seller: Majestic Books, Hounslow, United Kingdom
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Condition: New. pp. 320.
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Published by Princeton: University Press, 2013, 2013
Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.
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Jalal, Ayesha. The pity of partition: Manto's life, times, and work across the India-Pakistan divide. Princeton: University Press, 2013, 1st printing number line ending in 1, xv, 265pp., very good dust-jacket, a few page corners dog-eared, a few very minor marks, otherwise still very good copy, not for sale stamp on top foredge. Lawrence Stone lectures. - "Saadat Hasan Manto (1912-1955) was an established Urdu short story writer and a rising screenwriter in Bombay at the time of India's partition in 1947, and he is perhaps best known for the short stories he wrote following his migration to Lahore in newly formed Pakistan. Today Manto is an acknowledged master of twentieth-century Urdu literature, and his fiction serves as a lens through which the tragedy of partition is brought sharply into focus. In The Pity of Partition, Manto's life and work serve as a prism to capture the human dimension of sectarian conflict in the final decades and immediate aftermath of the British raj. Ayesha Jalal draws on Manto's stories, sketches, and essays, as well as a trove of his private letters, to present an intimate history of partition and its devastating toll. Probing the creative tension between literature and history, she charts a new way of reconnecting the histories of individuals, families, and communities in the throes of cataclysmic change. Jalal brings to life the people, locales, and events that inspired Manto's fiction, which is characterized by an eye for detail, a measure of wit and irreverence, and elements of suspense and surprise. In turn, she mines these writings for fresh insights into everyday cosmopolitanism in Bombay and Lahore, the experience and causes of partition, the postcolonial transition, and the advent of the Cold War in South Asia. The first in-depth look in English at this influential literary figure, The Pity of Partition demonstrates the revelatory power of art in times of great historical rupture.". ISBN 9780691153629.
Published by Speaking Tiger, 2019
ISBN 10: 9389231329ISBN 13: 9789389231328
Seller: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
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Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Originally published in 1955 as Shikari Auratein, Women of Prey is a hugely entertaining and forgotten classic containing raunchy, hilarious short stories and profiles that show a completely different side of Manto. As he s enjoying a kulfi in his Victoria coach after a long day at Filmistan, a beautiful burqa-clad woman suddenly hops in next to Manto, ready to go home. What will he do next? When Ashok stumbles across a porn film for the first time in his life, he is appalled. What will happen when his wife gets a hold of the contraband? Will two bitter lovers about to give it all up resolve their differences, before they take each other s lives? Can Ashok Kumar, heartthrob to millions of women, handle Paro Devi s affections? In addition to these stories, this volume also includes Sitara , Manto s scandalous profile of the legendary Kathak dancer, famous for her troop of lovers. Appearing in English translation for the first time ever, this gem of a collection is a gloriously pulpy, sexual, hilarious and tragic romp through Manto s Bombay, Lahore and Amritsar. (jacket).
Published by Speaking Tiger, 2024
ISBN 10: 9354475329ISBN 13: 9789354475320
Seller: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
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Hardcover. Condition: New. You cannot catch a city in words. You cannot catch a city at all, write the editors of this anthology. So how do you get the spirit of India s great metropolis, the Maya Nagari, the city of dreams, between the covers of a book? Shanta Gokhale and Jerry Pinto decide to bring together their favourite short stories about the city they call home, and hope that a narrative will emerge. And it does a rich, varied, vibrant portrait of the republic that goes by many names Bombay, Mumbai, Momoi, Bambai and many others. In the twentyone stories of this collection, there is the city that labours in the mills and streets, and the city that sips and nibbles in fivestar lounges; the city of Ganapati and Haji Malang and the Virgin Mary; the city that is a sea of people and speaks at least a dozen languages. There are stories translated from Marathi, Urdu, Gujarati, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, and stories written originally in English. Among the writers are legends and new voices Baburao Bagul, Ismat Chughtai, Pu La Deshpande, Urmila Pawar, Mohan Rakesh, Saadat Hasan Manto, Ambai, Jayant Kaikini, Bhupen Khakhar, Cyrus Mistry, Vilas Sarang, Tejaswini ApteRahm and Anuradha Kumar. Maya Nagari is a majestic book on a majestic city. It will be read and cherished for years.
Published by Rhi, 2012
ISBN 10: 8184003056ISBN 13: 9788184003055
Seller: Once Read Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
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hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. GOOD/GOOD-. Brown photo illustrated dust jacket, dust jacket in archival plastic protector. 9" x 5". Bumps/chips to edges and corners. Creases to spine ends and bottom of front cover. Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com Orders shipped via USPS.
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Published by Aleph Book Company, 2022
ISBN 10: 9390652774ISBN 13: 9789390652778
Seller: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Saadat Hasan Manto (1912 1955) needs no introduction. One of the greatest stars of Urdu literature, Manto published over twenty collections of short stories in a literary career spanning almost two decades. Several of these have been adapted into films and plays that have won a multitude of awards and his stories about the 1947 Partition remain some of the best accounts ever written on the catastrophic event. This book is the first of a three-volume series which will contain all of Saadat Hasan Manto s 255 known stories translated into English for the very first time. Volume I collects fifty-four stories and two essays written by Manto about his time in Bombay and Poona in colonial India. The anthology includes well-known stories like Mummy and Janki , which provide rare insights into the Poona film industry; the fascinating story of Babu Gopinath ; and My Marriage and My Sahib , two essays that read almost like stories. These meticulous translations by award-winning writer and translator Nasreen Rehman, distil the aura that Manto creates of a time, a place and a moment.
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Published by Speaking Tiger, 2018
ISBN 10: 9388070259ISBN 13: 9789388070256
Seller: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
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Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. This remarkable anthology brings together stories about Saadat Hasan Manto, essayist, scriptwriter, and a master of the short story, by his friends, family and rivals among others, Ismat Chughtai, Upendranath Ashk, Balwant Gargi, Krishan Chander, his daughter Nuzhat and nephew Hamid Jalal. These are accounts of grand friendships and quarrels, protracted drinking bouts, cutthroat rivalries in the world of Urdu letters, and intense engagement with issues of that turbulent age. Together, they form an unprecedented portrait of the literary and film worlds of the time, and of the great cities of Bombay, Delhi and Lahore. They also offer a glimpse of the making of a legend even as they reveal Manto as a complex man of many contradictions. A devoted husband and father, he was as comfortable at home as he was at prostitutes quarters, seeking new material. Generous to a fault, he freely gave away his earnings and often put his family in financial jeopardy. Fiercely competitive and an outspoken critic of others writing, he brooked no criticism of his own, at times choosing to sever ties rather than have his words tampered with. And, for much of his adult life, right until the end, Manto was an alcoholic who fiercely defended his choice to remain one. Honest, frank and personal, at times sentimental, and critical even gossipy at others, the pieces in Manto-Saheb constitute an unparalleled, multi-faceted biography of a genius. (jacket).
Published by Speaking Tiger Books, 2019
ISBN 10: 9389231345ISBN 13: 9789389231342
Seller: Smartbuy, Einbeck, Germany
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - 'The undisputed master of the modern Indian short story.'-Salman RushdieOriginally published in 1955 as Shikari Auratein, Women of Prey is a hugely entertaining and forgotten classic containing raunchy, hilarious short stories and profiles that show a completely different side of Manto. As he's enjoying a kulfi in his Victoria coach after a long day at Filmistan, a beautiful burqa-clad woman suddenly hops in next to Manto, ready to go home. What will he do next When Ashok stumbles across a porn film for the first time in his life, he is appalled. What will happen when his wife gets a hold of the contraband Will two bitter lovers-about to give it all up-resolve their differences, before they take each other's lives Can Ashok Kumar, heartthrob to millions of women, handle Paro Devi's affections In addition to these stories, this volume also includes 'Sitara', Manto's scandalous profile of the legendary Kathak dancer, famous for her troop of lovers. Appearing in English translation for the first time ever, this gem of a collection is a gloriously pulpy, sexual, hilarious and tragic romp through Manto's Bombay, Lahore and Amritsar. 160 pp. Englisch.
Published by Archipelago Books Sep 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 1953861008ISBN 13: 9781953861009
Seller: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germany
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - [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, Wall Street JournalStories 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)By far the most comprehensive collection of stories by this 20th Century master available in English.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.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.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.
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Published by Speaking Tiger Books, 2018
ISBN 10: 9388070399ISBN 13: 9789388070393
Seller: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germany
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - 'Saadat Hasan Manto has a good claim to be considered the greatest South Asian writer of the 20th century? [He] incarnated the exuberance, the madness, the alcoholic delirium of his time?'-Suketu Mehta, The New York Times This remarkable anthology brings together stories about Saadat Hasan Manto, essayist, scriptwriter, and a master of the short story, by his friends, family and rivals-among others, Ismat Chughtai, Upendranath Ashk, Balwant Gargi, Krishan Chander, his daughter Nuzhat and nephew Hamid Jalal. These are accounts of grand friendships and quarrels, protracted drinking bouts, cutthroat rivalries in the world of Urdu letters, and intense engagement with issues of that turbulent age. Together, they form an unprecedented portrait of the literary and film worlds of the time, and of the great cities of Bombay, Delhi and Lahore. They also offer a glimpse of the making of a legend even as they reveal Manto as a complex man of many contradictions. A devoted husband and father, he was as comfortable at home as he was at prostitutes' quarters, seeking new material. Generous to a fault, he freely gave away his earnings and often put his family in financial jeopardy. Fiercely competitive and an outspoken critic of others' writing, he brooked no criticism of his own, at times choosing to sever ties rather than have his words tampered with. And, for much of his adult life, right until the end, Manto was an alcoholic who fiercely defended his choice to remain one. Honest, frank and personal, at times sentimental, and critical-even gossipy-at others, the pieces in Manto-Saheb constitute an unparalleled, multi-faceted biography of a genius.