Bitter fruit : the very best of Saadat Hasan Manto

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Bitter fruit : the very best of Saadat Hasan Manto

edited and translated by Khalid Hasan

Penguin Books, 2008

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Chiefly short stories

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Out of this rebellious streak, and fuelled by the burning restlessness of his imagination, he produced a powerful body of work that continues to challenge complacency and demand attention. More than half a century after his death at the age of forty-three in Lahore, he remains anathema to the establishment. Saadat Hasan Manto wanted to be remembered as the greatest short-story writer ever; as his epitaph would have it, his only competitor is God. Indeed, he is best known for his Partition stories, where he lays bare the absurdity of the religious divide that would forever unhinge the lives of two nations. No other writer has been able to capture the devastation of Partition as Manto has. But, as this exhaustive anthology shows, Manto?s best work sweeps across genres and states of mind. The short stories shock and seduce; the sketches wring out the sharp brevity of truth; the biographical portraits entice with their candour; the letters to Uncle Sam drip with sarcasm; while the lone play smoulders with desire that finds fulfilment in death. Manto also gives us his take on the Bombay film world of his time, a world that both amused and fascinated him and which he recalled with nostalgia in his last years. This collection also carries intimate observations about Manto by his family and friends. Khalid Hasan?s brilliant translation brings to English Manto?s bite, his lyricism and the authenticity of his voice, making Bitter Fruit the perfect treasury for long-time fans of Manto and first-time readers alike.

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Short Stories A Wet Afternoon Toba Tek Singh Colder Than Ice The Assignment Mozail The Return A Believer's Version A Woman's Life Perin Odour Kingdom's End Bribing the Almighty The Seven Magic Flowers Upstairs Downstairs A Man of God The Gift The Room with the Bright Light Siraj An Old-fashioned Man The Angel By the Roadside The Wild Cactus It Happened in 1919 The Price of Freedom The Woman in the Red Raincoat The Dutiful Daughter Three Simple Statements The Dog of Titwal The Last Salute The New Constitution A Tale of 1947 The Great Divide Free for All The Girl from Delhi Bitter Harvest A Strange Tale A Question of Honour Doing God's Work Khushia A Woman for All Seasons Bahu Gopi Nath Mummy The Patch The Supplication Green Sandals The Blouse On the Balcony Hamam Kaur The Man Who Liked to Lose Night Whispers Sonaral Drama In This Vortex Sketches A Sweet Moment Wages Cooperation Division Proper Use The Benefits of Ignorance For Necessary Action Miracle Man Jelly Invitation to Action Pathanistan Warning Permanent Vacation The Garland Out of Consideration Due Supervision Determination Modesty The Fool Bestiality Losing Proposition Ritualistic Difference Mishtake Tidiness God Is Great Socialism Double Cross Resting Time Luck Ungrateful Lot Precautionary Arrangement Mistake Removed Portraits Jinnah Sahib Bari Alig: The Armchair Revolutionary Ashok Kumar: The Evergreen Hero V.H. Desai: God's Clown Rafiq Ghaznavi: The Ladies' Man Shyam: Krishna's Flute Kuldip Kaur: Too Hot to Handle Nargis: Narcissus of Undying Bloom Sitara: Dancing Tigress from Nepal Nawab Kaashmiri: Actor's Actor Neena: The Inscrutable Housewife Babu Rao Patel: Soft-hearted Iconoclast Paro Devi: The Girl from Meerut Nur jehan: One in a Million Naseem: The Fairy Queen Letters to Uncle Sam Letters to Uncle Sam Manto On Manto To My Readers A Day in Court Manto on Manto Manto's Epitaph Appendixes Uncle Manto by Hamid jalal Manto Family Conversations Friends of Manto Reminisce about Him

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