Manto - 25 Sarvshreshth Kahaniyaa

by Saadat Hasan Manto

Saadat Hasan Manto was born on 11 May, 1912 in the Paproudi village of Samrala, a city in the Ludhiana district of Punjab. He completed his studies in Aligarh and through his writings gained the reputation of one of the most famous Urdu writers of the 20th century. He died on 18 January, 1955 after leading a successful career as a prominent novelist and playwright. In this collection of short stories, Manto has presented the events that revolved around the partition of 1947. The stories depict the aftermaths and bloodshed of the terrible event that changed the lives of millions of people for generations to come.

408 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 15, 2019

About the author

Saadat Hasan Manto (Urdu: سعادت حسن منٹو, Hindi: सआदत हसन मंटो), the most widely read and the most controversial short-story writer in Urdu, was born on 11 May 1912 at Sambrala in Punjab's Ludhiana District. In a writing career spanning over two decades he produced twenty-two collections of short stories, one novel, five collections of radio plays, three collections of essays, two collections of reminiscences and many scripts for films. He was tried for obscenity half a dozen times, thrice before and thrice after independence. Not always was he acquitted. Some of Manto's greatest work was produced in the last seven years of his life, a time of great financial and emotional hardship for him. He died a few months short of his forty-third birthday, in January 1955, in Lahore.

Reviews

[Gourang Ambulkar · Rating 4 out of 5]

As always, Manto paints the stark realities around us, which we would rather turn a blind eye towards. Like I always say, you may not like what he writes, but one can't disagree with his observations. If you disagree then you are knowingly a hypocrite. One thing Manto could do was to cut out on the overuse of lewd and bawdy language. Other than that, he has written with a razor blade.

[Sonali Dabade · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finally finished this after months of vacillating on it! I had half a mind to DNF it, but since it's Manto, I kept at it and finished it.

Some books you love BECAUSE of their difficulty. But some just tire you out. That's what this book did to me. Of course, it's Manto in the end, so the stories, the plots themselves, I liked. It's not the book's fault for tiring me out. :)

[Ayush · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was one of the best story books

[Mansi · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 ⭐

[Saurabh Singhal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bringing forth the stark realities of our society. Brilliant!