The Price of Freedom
$16.37
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2025
Summary
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books
Saadat 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 t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241747223 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241747228 |
| Author: | Saadat Hasan Manto |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 90g |
| Dimensions: | 180mm x 110mm x 10mm |
| Series: | Penguin Archive |
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About The Author
Saadat Hasan Manto
Saadat Hasan Manto has been called the greatest short story writer of the Indian subcontinent. He was born in 1912 in Punjab and went on to become a radio and film-script writer, journalist, and short story writer. His stories were highly controversial and he was tried for obscenity six times during his career. After Partition, Manto moved to Lahore with his wife and three daughters. He died there in 1955.
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