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Title The pity of partition [electronic resource] : Manto's life, times, and work across the India-Pakistan divide / Ayesha Jalal.

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Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2013.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xv, 265 p.
Series	Lawrence Stone lectures
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Prelude: Manto and Partition -- I. Stories -- "Knives, Daggers, and Bullets Cannot Destroy Religion" -- Amritsar Dreams of Revolution -- Bombay : Challenges and Opportunities -- II. Memories -- Remembering Partition -- From Cinema City to Conquering Air Waves -- Living and Walking Bombay -- III. Histories -- Partition : Neither End nor Beginning -- On the Postcolonial Moment -- Pakistan and Uncle Sam's Cold War -- Epilogue: "A Nail's Debt" : Manto Lives On ...
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Manto, Saadat Hasan, 1912-1955 -- Criticism and interpretation.
	Manto, Saadat Hasan, 1912-1955 -- Political and social views.
	Manto, Saadat Hasan, 1912-1955 -- Correspondence.
	India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947-1949.
	Authors, Urdu -- 20th century -- Biography.
	Short stories, Urdu -- History and criticism.
	Narration (Rhetoric) -- Political aspects -- South Asia -- History -- 20th century.
	India -- History -- Partition, 1947.
	South Asia -- History -- 20th century.
	South Asia -- In literature.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780691153629 (hardcover acid-free paper)
	9781400846689 (electronic bk.)