Mottled Dawn: Fifty Sketches and Stories of Partition

By Saadat Hasan Manto

Mottled Dawn is a collection of Saadat Hasan Manto s most powerful pieces on the Partition of the subcontinent into India and Pakistan in 1947. The book includes unforgettable stories like Toba Tek Singh , The Return , The Assignment , Colder Than Ice and many more, bringing alive the most tragic event in the history of the Indian subcontinent. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140272127
• ISBN13: 9780140272123
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Penguin India
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.

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Mottled Dawn

Manto a writer dismissed by the critics of his time as heretic; has proven them wrong by showing his real ingenuity in writing short stories with the utmost wit and flair for ironical humor. The "Mottled Dawn" which comprises a fair selection of 50 sketches and short stories are an entertaining read. He is a disturbing writer who shocks the reader with his candidness, sometimes with his crudity. Whether he writes of sex or...