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A Tale of the Year 1919

A Tale of the Year 1919

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Saadat Hasan Manto
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Two travellers on a train. One starts telling the other about an event that happened in 1919 in Amritsar, about the son of a prostitute who stood up to the British, sacrificing his life in the process. But that isn’t the worst part of the story. As the listener, enraptured, hears the storyteller reveal the rest of Thaila Kunjar’s story, he can’t help but question whether the storyteller was just a simple ‘onlooker’.

One of the most impressive storytellers to come out of the Independence era, Manto truly portrays his prowess in ‘A Tale of the Year 1919’. Poignant yet powerful, this is not just a story about martyrdom and bravery but also about prostitutes and their children and their status in the country.

Imprint: Penguin

Published: Aug/2017

Length : 10 Pages

MRP : ₹15.00

A Tale of the Year 1919

(Penguin Petit)

Saadat Hasan Manto

Two travellers on a train. One starts telling the other about an event that happened in 1919 in Amritsar, about the son of a prostitute who stood up to the British, sacrificing his life in the process. But that isn’t the worst part of the story. As the listener, enraptured, hears the storyteller reveal the rest of Thaila Kunjar’s story, he can’t help but question whether the storyteller was just a simple ‘onlooker’.

One of the most impressive storytellers to come out of the Independence era, Manto truly portrays his prowess in ‘A Tale of the Year 1919’. Poignant yet powerful, this is not just a story about martyrdom and bravery but also about prostitutes and their children and their status in the country.

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Paperback / Hardback
Ebooks

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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