The Price of Freedom

The Price of Freedom

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90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Saadat Hasan Manto, the most widely read and translated writer in the Urdu language, captured the devastation and absurdity of the partition of India and Pakistan like no other. The Price of Freedom brings together ten of his best stories, focusing on human voices from the religious fracture that forever unhinged two newly independent nations. Powerful, piercing and deeply moving, Manto's works are key to understanding this bloody chapter in South Asian history.

Author: Saadat Hasan Manto
Format: Paperback, 144 pages, 110mm x 180mm, 90 g
Published: 2025, Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Short Stories & Fiction Anthologies

Vendor: Book Grocer
SKU: 9780241747223-RETAIL
Categories: 20th Century History All Best Sellers - Individual titles Classics of Literature Fiction Fiction in Translation India Non-Secondhand Books Recent Releases Short Stories
Tags: 20th Century August-2025 Classic fiction general and literary Fiction in translation India NewSystem Paperback Religious issues and debates RR Short stories
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90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Saadat Hasan Manto, the most widely read and translated writer in the Urdu language, captured the devastation and absurdity of the partition of India and Pakistan like no other. The Price of Freedom brings together ten of his best stories, focusing on human voices from the religious fracture that forever unhinged two newly independent nations. Powerful, piercing and deeply moving, Manto's works are key to understanding this bloody chapter in South Asian history.