{"product_id":"the-dog-of-tithwal-stories","title":"The Dog of Tithwal: Stories","description":"“[Manto’s] empathy and narrative economy invite comparisons with Chekhov. These readable, idiomatic translations have all the agile swiftness and understated poignancy that parallel suggests.\" ---Boyd Tonkin, Wall Street Journal\n\nStories from \"the undisputed master of the modern Indian short story\" encircling the marginalized, forgotten lives of Bombay, set against the backdrop of the India-Pakistan Partition (Salman Rushdie)\n\nBy far the most comprehensive collection of stories by this 20th Century master available in English.\n\nA master of the short story, Saadat Hasan Manto opens a window onto Bombay’s demimonde—its prostitutes, rickshaw drivers, artists, and strays as well probing the pain and bewilderment of the Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs ripped apart by the India-Pakistan Partition.\n\nManto is best known for his dry-eyed examination of the violence, horrors, and reverberations from the Partition. From a stray dog caught in the crossfire at the fresh border of India and Pakistan, to friendly neighbors turned enemy soldiers pausing for tea together in a momentary cease fire—Manto shines incandescent light into hidden corners with an unflinching gaze, and a fierce humanism.\n\nWith a foreword by Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Vijay Seshadri, these stories are essential reading for our current moment where divisiveness is erupting into violence in so many parts of the world.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1953861008\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1953861008.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Manto, Saadat Hasan|Hasan, Khalid|Memon, Muhammed Umar|Seshadri, Vijay|Taseer, Aatish\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43873901969469,"sku":"BVV.1953861008.A","price":23.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1953861008-0.jpg?v=1792704846","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-dog-of-tithwal-stories","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}