The pity of partition : Manto's life, times, and work across the India-Pakistan divide / Ayesha Jalal.
Series: Lawrence Stone lecturesPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2013.Description: xv, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780691153629 (hardcover : acidfree paper)
- 9789350297896 (P-ISBN)
- 9789350297902 (E-ISBN)
- Manṭo, Saʻādat Ḥasan, 1912-1955 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Manṭo, Saʻādat Ḥasan, 1912-1955 -- Political and social views
- Manṭo, Saʻādat Ḥasan, 1912-1955 -- Correspondence
- India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947-1949
- South Asia -- History -- 20th century
- Authors, Urdu -- 20th century -- Biography
- Short stories, Urdu -- History and criticism
- Narration (Rhetoric) -- Political aspects -- South Asia -- History -- 20th century
- India -- History -- Partition, 1947
- South Asia -- In literature
- 891.43936 23
- PK2199.H338 Z687 2013
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-47) and index.
Prelude: Manto and Partition -- I. Stories -- "Knives, Daggers, and Bullets Cannot Destroy Religion" -- Amritsar Dreams of Revolution -- Bombay : Challenges and Opportunities -- II. Memories -- Remembering Partition -- From Cinema City to Conquering Air Waves -- Living and Walking Bombay -- III. Histories -- Partition : Neither End nor Beginning -- On the Postcolonial Moment -- Pakistan and Uncle Sam's Cold War -- Epilogue: "A Nail's Debt" : Manto Lives On...
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