| Author | Sadat Hasan Manto |
|---|---|
| Original title | Atish Paray |
| Language | Urdu |
| Publisher | Urdu Bookstall (Lahore) |
Publication date | 1936 (first edition) |
| Publication place | British India |
| Media type |
| Part of a series on |
| Progressive Writers' Movement |
|---|
Atish Paray (Urdu: آتش پارے, lit. 'Nuggets of Fire') is a collection of short stories by Saadat Hasan Manto.
Background
Atish Paray subtitled “a collection of several thought-provoking stories” was published in 1936 from Lahore, while Manto was living in Amritsar. Two stories from this collection Tamasha - Manto's debut story followed by Taqat Ka Imtehan first appeared in a local weekly Khalq (Creation) by Abdul Bari Alig from Amritsar. Manto dedicated this collection to his late father.
Content
There are eight stories in this collection:
- Khooni Thook (Bloody Spit)
- Inqalab Pasand (Revolutionary)
- Ji Aaya Sahab (Coming Sir)
- Mahigir (Fisherman)
- Tamasha (Spectacle)
- Taqat ka Imtehan (Test of Strength)
- Deewana Shayr (Mad Poet)
- Chori (Theft)
Notes
- ^ first published in the Aligarh Magazine in March 1935
- ^ It was later included in Manto Ke Afsanay under the title Qasim with a slight change in the ending
- ^ also included in his prior collection Rusi Afsanay (Russian Stories)
- ^ first published under a pseudonym in Abdul Bari Alig’s Urdu newspaper Khalq (Creation) and also included in his prior collection Rusi Afsanay (Russian Stories)
- ^ It was included in Manto Ke Afsanay
References
- ^ a b Flemming 1985b, p. 152.
- ^ a b Flemming 1985, p. 38.
- ^ Flemming 1985, p. 7.
- ^ a b Flemming 1985, p. 42.
- ^ a b Flemming 1985, p. 36.
- ^ Flemming 1985, p. 6.
Cited sources
- Flemming, Leslie A. (1985). Another Lonely Voice: The Life and Works of Saadat Hassan Manto. Vanguard Books.
- Flemming, Leslie A. (1985b). "Manto Bibliography". Journal of South Asian Literature. 20 (2): 152–160. ISSN 0091-5637. JSTOR 40872787.