The pity of partition :

Jalal, Ayesha.

The pity of partition : Manto's life, times, and work across the India-Pakistan divide / Ayesha Jalal. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2013. - xv, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Lawrence Stone lectures .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-47) and index.

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...

9780691153629 (hardcover : acidfree paper) 9789350297896 (P-ISBN) 9789350297902 (E-ISBN)

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PK2199.H338 / Z687 2013

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