The Price of Freedom
by Saadat Hasan Manto
Title:
The Price of Freedom
Author:
Saadat Hasan Manto
Series (if any):
Penguin Archive
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
144 pages
Publisher:
TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale
ISBN-13:
9780241747223
EAN:
9780241747223
Classifications:
Classic and Biographical
Weight (g):
210
Dimensions (mm):
179 x 110 x 11
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Price:£4.94
12 copies in stock
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Description
90 Classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksSaadat Hasan Manto, the most widely read and translated writer in the Urdu language, captured the devastation and absurdity of the partition of India and Pakistan like no other. The Price of Freedom brings together ten of his best stories, focusing on human voices from the religious fracture that forever unhinged two newly independent nations. Powerful, piercing and deeply moving, Manto's works are key to understanding this bloody chapter in South Asian history.
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