Bombay stories /
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| Author / Creator: | Manṭo, Saʻādat Ḥasan, 1912-1955. |
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| Uniform title: | Short stories. Selections. English |
| Edition: | First Vintage International Edition. |
| Imprint: | New York : Vintage International/Vintage Books, 2014. |
| Description: | 288 pages ; 21 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9961972 |
| Summary: | 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.<br> <br> 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 288 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780804170604 0804170606 9780804170611 |
