The Price of Freedom, 9780241747223
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Partition’s brutal truths revealed: Ten stories that pierce the soul.
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The Price of Freedom

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  • Paperback

    144 pages

  • Release Date

    14 July 2025

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Summary

The Price of Freedom: Manto’s Unflinching Portrait of Partition

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.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241747223
ISBN-10:0241747228
Series:Penguin Archive
Author:Saadat Hasan Manto
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:144
Release Date:14 July 2025
Weight:90g
Dimensions:180mm x 110mm x 10mm
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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