The undisputed master of the modern Indian short story.
He edited The Annual of Urdu Studies at the University of Wisconsin..
Muhammad Umar Memon was a critic, short story writer, and translator.
When asked why he sought to humanize the grit of Bombay and the upheaval of Partition, Manto retorted, "If you cannot bear my stories, it is because we live in unbearable times." Born in Kashmir, journalist, author, and translator Khalid Hasan is best remembered for his translations of the poetry of Faiz Ahmad Faiz and Saadat Hasan Manto \'s short fiction.
A Muslim living in Bombay at the time of the India-Pakistan Partition, Manto was forced to migrate with his family to Lahore, where he wrote his most wrenching Partition stories.
About author(s): Saadat Hasan Manto wrote more than twenty collections of short stories, five radio dramas, three essay collections, one novel, and a handful of film scripts.
With an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Vijay Seshadri, this collection illuminates Manto\'s most vital and universal work, and--half a century later--remains a prescient text illuminating so many of the glaring and silenced conflicts that plague humanity today.
From a stray dog (with Hindu or Muslim leanings?) caught in the crossfire at the border of India and Pakistan, to friendly neighbors turned enemy soldiers pausing for tea together in a short cease fire--Manto blurs the edges of geographic, cultural, and social boundaries with an unflinching and satirical gaze, and a powerful humanism.
Deeply opposed to partition, Manto is best known for his dry-eyed portrayals of its violence, horrors, and absurdities.
Also, the pain and bewilderment of the Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs pitted against each other by the India-Pakistan partition.
Saadat Hasan Manto conjures the vitality on the streets of Bombay--its prostitutes, pimps, gangsters, artists, writers, and strays.
Fresh translations and by far the most comprehensive collection of Stories by this 20th Century master available in English. -- Salman Rushdie Stories encircling the marginalized, forgotten lives of Bombay, set against the backdrop of the India-Pakistan Partition.
The undisputed master of the modern Indian short story
