{"product_id":"kingdom-s-end-selected-stories","title":"Kingdom’s End  -  Selected Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Saadat Hasan Manto\u003cbr\u003eTranslator(s)\/ Editors(s): Khalid Hasan\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2007\/11\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 310\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9780143102182\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most widely read and the most translated writer in Urdu, Saadat Hasan Manto (1912–55) is also the most controversial: he was tried for obscenity no less than six times, both before and after the departure of the British from India in 1947. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot always was he acquitted. In a writing career spanning over two decades, Manto, one of Urdu’s great stylists, produced a powerful and original body of work including short stories, a novel, radio plays, essays and film scripts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection brings together some of Manto’s finest stories, ranging from his chilling recounting of the horrors of Partition to his portrayal of the underworld. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriting with great feeling and empathy about the fallen and the rejects of society, Manto the supreme humanist shows how the essential goodness of people does not die even in the face of unimaginable suffering. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePowerful and deeply moving, these stories remain as relevant today as they were when they were first published more than half a century ago. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKhalid Hasan’s brilliant translation succeeds in capturing the intensity of Manto’s prose, the author’s sense of humour, no less than his razor-sharp vision.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eABOUT THE TRANSLATOR: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKhalid Hasan, journalist, writer and translator, was born in Srinagar, Kashmir. He has translated most of Saadat Hasan Manto's work. He has also translated the stories of Ghulam Abbas and the poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Khalid Hasan's own publications include Scorecard, Give Us Back Our Onions, The Umpire Strikes Back, Private View and Rearview Mirror.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe lives in Washington and is US correspondent of Daily Times and the Friday Times, Lahore.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOMMENT: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Manto’s irony and humanity raise him on par with Gogol.’ \u003cbr\u003e--- Anita Desai in the Spectator\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.\tA Wet Afternoon \u003cbr\u003e2.\tToba Tek Singh \u003cbr\u003e3.\tColder Than Ice \u003cbr\u003e4.\tThe Assignment \u003cbr\u003e5.\tMozail \u003cbr\u003e6.\tThe Return \u003cbr\u003e7.\t A Woman’s Life \u003cbr\u003e8.\tOdour \u003cbr\u003e9.\tKingdom’s End \u003cbr\u003e10.\t Upstairs Downstair’s \u003cbr\u003e11.\t A Man of God \u003cbr\u003e12.\t The Gift \u003cbr\u003e13.\t The Room with the Bright Light\u003cbr\u003e14.\t Siraj \u003cbr\u003e15.\t The Wild Cactus \u003cbr\u003e16.\t It Happened in 1919 \u003cbr\u003e17.\t The Woman in the Red Raincoat \u003cbr\u003e18.\t The Dog of Titwal \u003cbr\u003e19.\t The Last Salute \u003cbr\u003e20.\t The New Constitution \u003cbr\u003e21.\t Khushia \u003cbr\u003e22.\t Babu Gopi Nath \u003cbr\u003e23.\t Mummy \u003cbr\u003e24.\t The Patch \u003cbr\u003e25.\t The Blouse \u003cbr\u003e26.\t On the Balcony \u003cbr\u003e27.\t Two-Nation Theory \u003cbr\u003e28.\t The Price of Freedom\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Saadat Hasan Manto \/ Penguin \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153747276144,"sku":"29456","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/29456.jpg?v=1793913579","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/kingdom-s-end-selected-stories","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}