My Name Is Radha: The Essential Manto

by Saadat Hasan Manto

Book Overview

'An errant genius' The Hindu The prevalent trend of classifying Manto's work into a) stories of Partition and b) stories of prostitutes, forcibly enlists the writer to perform a dramatic dressing-down of society. But neither Partition nor prostitution gave birth to the genius of Saadat Hasan Manto. They only furnished him with an occasion to reveal the truth of the human condition. My Name is Radha is a path-breaking edition of stories which delves...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670086908
• ISBN13: 9780670086900
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Penguin Books India
• Length: 494 Pages