Bombay Stories -- Saadat Hasan Manto, Paperback

A collection of classic, yet shockingly contemporary, short stories set in the vibrant world of mid-century Bombay, from one of India's greatest writers.

Arriving in 1930s Bombay, Saadat Hasan Manto discovered a city like no other. A metropolis for all, and an exhilarating hub of license and liberty, bursting with both creative energy and helpless despondency. A journalist, screenwriter, and editor, Manto is best known as a master of the short story, and Bombay was his lifelong muse. Vividly bringing to life the city's seedy underbelly--the prostitutes, pimps, and gangsters that filled its streets--as well as the aspiring writers and actors who arrived looking for fame, here are all of Manto's Bombay-based stories, together in English for the very first time. By turns humorous and fantastical, Manto's tales are the provocative and unflinching lives of those forgotten by humanity.

Author: Saadat Hasan Manto
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 03/25/2014
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 8.12h x 5.19w x 0.67d
ISBN: 9780804170604

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/01/2014 pg. 19
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2014
New York Times Book Review 05/11/2014 pg. 27
New York Times Book Review 05/18/2014 pg. 30
New York Review of Books 10/23/2014 pg. 49

About the Author
Saadat Hasan Manto was born in what is now Punjab in 1912. An acclaimed Urdu-language short story writer, he also worked as a journalist and wrote extensively for film and radio throughout Indian and Pakistan. He died in 1955.