Atish Paray (Urdu: آتش پارے, lit. 'Nuggets of Fire') is a collection of short stories by Saadat Hasan Manto.
| Author | Sadat Hasan Manto |
|---|---|
| Original title | Atish Paray |
| Language | Urdu |
| Publisher | Urdu Bookstall (Lahore)[1] |
Publication date | 1936 (first edition) |
| Publication place | British India |
| Media type |
Background
editAtish Paray subtitled “a collection of several thought-provoking stories” was published in 1936 from Lahore, while Manto was living in Amritsar.[2] 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.[2]
Content
editThere are eight stories in this collection:[1]
Notes
edit- ^ first published in the Aligarh Magazine in March 1935[3]
- ^ It was later included in Manto Ke Afsanay under the title Qasim with a slight change in the ending[4]
- ^ also included in his prior collection Rusi Afsanay (Russian Stories)[5]
- ^ first published under a pseudonym in Abdul Bari Alig’s Urdu newspaper Khalq (Creation)[6] and also included in his prior collection Rusi Afsanay (Russian Stories)[5]
- ^ It was included in Manto Ke Afsanay[4]
References
edit- ^ 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
edit- 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.