Bitter Fruit by Saadat Hasan Manto

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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 AfternoonThe ReturnA Believer’s VersionToba Tek SinghColder Than IceThe AssignmentOdourBy The RoadsideBribing the AlmightyThe Kingdom’s EndThe Woman in the Red RaincoatThe Room with the Bright LightThe Great DivideThe AngelSirajAn Old Fashioned ManThe Price of FreedomIt Happened in 1919The Girl from DelhiA Man of GodFree for All, and A Tale of 1947. There is a collection of sketches too. Manto used to write radio plays and this book has one of the dramas he penned, called In This Vortex. His short stories bring out the most delicate nuances of human nature.

 

 

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