Selected Stories: Saadat Hasan Manto

While Saadat Hasan Manto's first collection of stories was published in the 1940s, they find relevance to this day. Now read by more people than ever before, the simplicity of his stories surrounding marginalized people, his astute understanding of the complexity of human nature and the poignancy of his stories on Partition transcend spatial and temporal boundaries. Many of his characters are considered legendary, and his taut narratives are a great source of insight into the human condition. Widely regarded as one of the greatest short-story writers of the subcontinent, Manto is now, 100 years after his birth, also acknowledged as one of the most powerful voices of his time.