Bombay Stories

Name: Bombay Stories
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ISBN: 9780804170604

ISBN-10: 0804170606

ISBN-13: 9780804170604

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Authors: Saadat Hasan Manto

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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…

Book details

List price: $29.99
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/25/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.24" wide x 7.96" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English

Saadat Hasan Manto has been called the greatest short story writer of the Indian subcontinent. He was born in 1912 in Punjab and went on to become a radio and film-script writer, journalist, and short story writer. His stories were highly controversial and he was tried for obscenity six times during his career. After Partition, Manto moved to Lahore with his wife and three daughters. He died there in 1955.