Bitter Fruit: The Very Best of Saadat Hasan Manto
By Unknown Author.
Description
Widely renowned as the best short story writer in Urdu, Manto s stories were mostly written against the milieu of the Partition. Bitter Fruit presents the best collection of Manto s writings, from his short stories, plays and sketches, to portraits of cinema artists, a few pieces on himself, and his letters to Uncle Sam which have references to communism, Russia, politics after the Partition and his own financial condition. The concluding section of the book has acknowledgements and reminiscences from Saadat s friends and relatives. Bitter Fruit includes stories like A Wet Afternoon, The Re...
ISBN(s)
0143102176, 9780143102175
