The Dog of Tithwal
Manto, Saadat Hasan / Hasan, Khalid / Taseer, Aatish / Memon, Muhammed Umar / Seshadri, Vijay
The undisputed master of the modern Indian short story." -- Salman Rushdie Stories encircling the marginalized, forgotten lives of Bombay, set against the backdrop of the India-Pakistan Partition. Fresh translations and by far the most comprehensive collection of stories by this 20th Century master available in English. Manto vividly conjures life on the streets of Bombay -- its prostitutes, pimps, gangsters, artists, writers, and those caught...