The Price of Freedom
Author: Manto, Saadat Hasan
ISBN: 9780241747223
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 15 Jul 2025
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback / softback
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.
ISBN: 9780241747223
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 15 Jul 2025
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback / softback
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.
