Manto Books Overview
Best Storytelling Manto Books You Will Love To Read
Books are an essential part of everyone's life. They contain the soul of human nature from centuries to centuries. They are being carried out by many successors with a pure sense of responsibility and trust.
The point is why people read books? Why the need for writing and saving books arose? The answer is books are there to be read.
It is to read the real world, the world of histories, love, life, languages, devotion and the world of happiness, hate, care and love.
It gathers all the metaphors of life and presents it to various knowledge seekers through the words of the world by talented writers.
The reason behind the success of a book depends on the writer. He enlightens the pages through its sense of expressing knowledge. They see the tiny things that can’t be seen by others.
They see the furtive looks, the merest brush of hands and then they catch the things and play like the strongest player in a game and portray the scenes in such a way that look more real then what actually happened!
Manto, The Most Genuine Writer Of Pakistan's History
“…..and it is also possible that Saadat Hassan dies, but Manto remains alive."
There is always a writer that has the power, the capability to pipe up at the strangest times of life. Manto was one of them.
The writer that portrays the personalities of people in such a way that you get Goosebumps, that how he knew this.
The writer of vast knowledge and in-depth experiences, that writer that makes your heart blow up that you start wondering how this can be so real and to the point.
Manto was acknowledged as one of the finest writers who dared to talk about that hard truth in the society that others can even think of.
These things made him different from other writers and now he reads most by the writers and critics due to his words that define the mere truths of society and that is what people love about him.
True Words By Manto;
“The writer picks up his pen only when his sensibility is hurt”
Best Books Of History ‘Manto Books’
Manto books are so realistic and are mostly revolving around the social climate that reflects the dark truth about humans, turning them into dark comedy.
As the era in which manto lived, were the times of Pakistan India partition. He wrote about the Indo Pakistan society which was beyond the pale.
He wrote every insight from local to global. He revealed everything in his series which was the most daring thing that anybody could do at that time.
That is why Manto books are privileged by the people of Pakistan and read all around the world. Because of his hit biography ‘Manto' directed by sarmad khoosat
Extraordinary And Privilege Manto Books
He produced 22 collections of short stories and novels. Here is more about manto books
Toba Tek Singh
A famous short story by Manto. Based on mystery and thriller, one of his renowned books. This story is representing the relationship between Pakistan and India during the times of partition, making it be called as 'powerful satire'
. It highlights the hardships, confusion, self-conflict and horrible conditions humans faced during and after the partition. This story has been deeply portrayed in very simple writing.
The story is about Sikh, who faces mental imbalance and is in Lahore asylum which is a place for a mental patient, Hindus and Sikhs to live.
The scenes are so nicely described that people and image the real journey of that Sikh. They can see, feel and understand the story and the situation that person is going through.
Such powerful explanations of the character by manto that this makes you believe it a real story. The reviews are that this is an utterly heartbreaking story and each moment makes you feel the character's story.
Bitter Fruit-The Best Of Saadat Hassan Manto
Manto had the best talent in writing. He is considered the best of all and that really proves in his writings, people loved him and still love him because of his art of writing.
He makes you read him writing again and again because of the way he writes the words to create such images in your mind as everything is happening in front of you. He is the best and natural writer.
Bitter Fruit Proves It All!
With manto, his art of short story writing has also gone. No one can cross his short story writing. They have their own taste that no one else can express.
A bitter fruit presents the best collection of Manto writings.it has the collection of is;
- All short stories
- Plats
- Sketches
- The portraits of cinema artists
- Few pieces of himself
- Mantos’s letters to uncle sam.
Bitter fruits include stories like
Wet Afternoon
(It contained manto short stories, sketches and reminiscences by manto just like 'Thanda gosht')
Thanda Gosht (Colder Than Ice)
It points out the hypocrisy of Hindu culture and traditional men how badly they treated women and children. This story revolves around a rape victim who undergoes physical, psychological, emotional and sexual trauma. The story comments on the extent of violence of rape. The perpetrator attempts to rape a dead body...
Manto's book beautifully represents the poetic of sadness.
The Return
It is the story of lost a lost daughter who is attacked by the rioter in a train going from Lahore to Amritsar stooped in the mid-way.
The story is about the fall and shame of human character with a powerful lesson and a strong storyline that blows your mind and makes your eyes wet.
Believer’s Version
The real name 'shodhganga.'
Khol Do
A story about a girl abducted in east Punjab and is raped after that her father finds her. The story highlights the issue of honor in families due to the concept of' log kya kahenge’.
The Assignment
The story is full of thrill which is really sad and painful. This story is about betrayal, fear, loyalty, trust, hatred and it has a theme of conflict.
This shows how families and relations get destroyed at the point of partition. Manto was trying to explain how the religious divide was dangerous in India at that time which destroyed and killed many lives.
Odour
It is a short story depicted by manto which describes how a man fulfills her desires while helping helpless women. The theme of the story is the sort of castles we build around the body of women.
Other Short Stories
- Bribing the almighty
- The kingdom’s end
- The women in the red raincoat
- The room with the bright light
- The great divide
- The angel
- Siraj
- The prince of freedom
- A man of God, free for all
- In this vortex
Manto books depict pain, betrayal and sense of humiliation that women get. His writing can clearly define the feel of pain everyone one was facing during the tie of partition. The turmoil people were going through.
Everything can be understood through Manto's writings about what might have been happened. What people lived at that time?
Best Quote About Manto’s Books
‘If you cannot bear these stories, then society is unbearable.'