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Mottled dawn : fifty sketches and stories of partition /​ Saadat Hasan Manto ; translated from the Urudu by Khalid Hasan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Haryana : Penguin Books, 2011Description: xxvii, 171 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780143418313 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 891.439 MAN 012301
Contents:
Toba Tek Singh. The return. The assignment. Colder than ice. The dog of Titwal. The last salute. The woman in the red raincoat. The price of freedom. Mozail. The dutiful daughter. Three simple statements. Jinnah Sahib. A girl from Delhi. The great divide. Bitter harvest. A believer's version. A tale of 1947. The new constitution. Sweet moment. Wages. Cooperation. Division. Proper use. The benefits of ignorance. For necessary action. Miracle man. Mistake removed. Jelly. Invitation to action. Pathanistan. Warning. Permanent vacation. Ritualistic difference. Losing proposition. Bestiality. The fool. Modesty. Determination. Due supervision. The garland. Out of consideration. Precautionary arrangement. Mishtake. Tidiness. God is great. Socialism. Double cross. Resting time. Luck. Ungrateful lot.
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"Twelve of the stories in this book first appeared in English language translation in an anthology entitled "Kingdom's end" ... published by Verso in 1987. The rest of the stories in this book, with the exception of 'Jinnah Sahib', first appeared in English language translation in an anthology entitled "Partition : sketches and stories" ... published by Penguin Books India in 1991."--T.p. verso.

Toba Tek Singh.
The return.
The assignment.
Colder than ice.
The dog of Titwal.
The last salute.
The woman in the red raincoat.
The price of freedom.
Mozail.
The dutiful daughter.
Three simple statements.
Jinnah Sahib.
A girl from Delhi.
The great divide.
Bitter harvest.
A believer's version.
A tale of 1947.
The new constitution.
Sweet moment.
Wages.
Cooperation.
Division.
Proper use.
The benefits of ignorance.
For necessary action.
Miracle man.
Mistake removed.
Jelly.
Invitation to action.
Pathanistan.
Warning.
Permanent vacation.
Ritualistic difference.
Losing proposition.
Bestiality.
The fool.
Modesty.
Determination.
Due supervision.
The garland.
Out of consideration.
Precautionary arrangement.
Mishtake.
Tidiness.
God is great.
Socialism.
Double cross.
Resting time.
Luck.
Ungrateful lot.

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