Manto's stories from his time in Bombay, in one collection for the first time--Bombay as you've never seen it before

Bombay Stories is a collection of Manto's work from his years in the city.Freshly arrived in 1930s Bombay, Manto saw a city like no other--an exhilarating hub of license and liberty, and a city bursting with both creative energy and helpless despondency. It was to be Manto's favourite city, and he was among the first to write the Bombay characters we are now familiar with from countless stories and films--prostitutes, pimps, lowlifes, writers, intellectuals, aspiring film actors, thugs, conmen and crooks. His hard-edged, moving stories remain, a hundred years after his birth, startling and provocative.
Matt Reeck and Aftab Ahmad's translations reach into the streets and capture Manto's voice in contemporary, idiomatic English.


About the author: Saadat Hasan Manto

Saadat Hasan Manto is one of Urdu's most celebrated writers. His short stories are considered to be among the subcontinent's finest examples of this form. Matt Reeck is a writer and translator. His poetry and his translations have been published in many national magazines. He won a Fulbright Scholarship to travel to India, and he has received PEN and NEA translation grants for upcoming work from the Urdu. He is married and lives in Brooklyn, NY. Aftab Ahmad earned his PhD in Urdu literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University. He has received a PEN translation grant and taught at AIIS Lucknow, UC Berkeley. He teaches at Columbia University.