Manto Nama / منٹو نامہ

by سعادت حسن منٹو, Saadat Hasan Manto

منٹو کے افسانوی مجموعوں پھندنے، یزید، چغد، ٹھنڈا گوشت، سرکنڈوں کے پیچھے، لذتِ سنگ، بغیر اجازت کا مجموعہ۔

Genres: Short Stories, Fiction

791 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

English: Saadat Hasan Manto

Hindi: सआदत हसन मंटो

Reviews

[Zaki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Suffie to say Manto is great. And the stories related to partition are
ٹوبہ ٹیک سنگھ، یزید، اللہ دتہ، گورمکھی سنگھ کی وصیت، آخری سلیوٹ، وہ لڑکی, ٹھنڈا گوشت

[Rizwan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stories i liked
1. Wo larki
2. Thanda Gosht
3. Khol do
4. Titwaal ka kutta
5. Toba tek singh
5. bud soorti
6.Mister Meonudin
7. Gormukh singh ki wasiyat
8. Akhir salute
9. parhye kalma
10. 5 din
11. Goli
12. 3.5 any
13. jao hanif jao

[Muhammad Arqum · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of our best story tellers!

[Zohaib Khan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Manto always criticised and blamed for his "inapropriate writings" acts as a deep analyst of the society and its troubles and writes on taboo topics that people refrain to talk about or even acknowledge their existence. The beauty of Saadat Hasan Mantos work is that he is uncensored and has the ability to make the reader actually feel the strong emotion he is supposed to feel when talking about certain uncomfortable topics.

[Raihan Khan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved:
ٹوبہ ٹیک سنگھ،
بد صورتی،
ٹھنڈا گوشت،
آنکھیں،
پڑھیے کلمہ،
جاو حنیف جاو،
کالی شلوار،
اب کہنے کی ضرورت نہیں.

ان کو ہمیشہ صرف ان کے شفاف طرز کی وجہ سے تنقید کا نشانہ بنایا گیا. لوگ ان کے ایمانداری کو فحاشی کا نام دیتے رہے.
"لوگوں کو کپڑے پہنانا درزی کا کام ہے میرا نہیں."
آپ ان کے افسانے پڑھیے اور خود فیصلہ کیجئے. اگر آپ تندرست زہن کے مالک ہیں تو آپ برداشت کر سکتے ہیں.

[Asad Ahmed (MALIK) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Manto shows the real face of our society. My Favourite "افسانہ نگار" of all time.

[Omama. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Manto had a unique and almost unconventional way with words and phrases and he was indeed a master craftsman when it came to storytelling. Manto could just be as intense as Charles Dickens or Thomas Hardy, without using too many words. This volume contains the stories which are actually the hard truth of society, actively against tyranny and ideological confinement, more specifically about partition of India, which he opposed. His stories shows his deep understanding of Human Psychology; like Toba Tek Singh, Naya Qanoon etc. His innate humanity; his economy of words. What a man.

[Batool · Rating 4 out of 5]

People tend to find manto ludicrous and lewd but it's his candid view of the world and the exact portrayal of human nature that makes him so. He isn't making stories in fact he is showing the readers the mirror, the reflection of men the vice and virtue as we know in real life and mostly the inner feelings of humankind that most like to leave hidden! That's what manto does best

[Zarva · Rating 5 out of 5]

Manto is one of the giants in Urdu literature! No one can match the quality of Manto's satire. He is the best story teller. He can rip you apart and put you together with his one simple sentence. Such is the power and ease of Manto with the language!

[Adnan Somra · Rating 5 out of 5]

منٹو میرے پہلے رائٹرز میں سے ایک ہیں جنھیں پڑھنے کے بعد میں نے کتابوں میں دلچسپی لی۔ اگر برصغیر پاک و ہند کے معاشرتی اقدار اور اخلاقیات کا پہلو بہ پہلو جائزہ لینا ہے تو منٹو، ن م راشد، سبط حسن سے بہتر کوئی نہیں جو تمہیں سوسائٹی کے گلے سڑے اقدار کو یوں سرعام بے نقاب کرتا ملے

[Sarim Jalib · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very close to nature...

[Narenjan Soni · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolute Manto! A genius at exposing the hypocrisy of religion and our society!

[Rashid Siddiq]

Just want to read what Manto said