| Bombay Stories Contributor(s): Manto, Saadat Hasan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804170606 ISBN-13: 9780804170604 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $20.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2013046066 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.19" W x 8.12" (0.51 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |