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A review by arundathic
Manto: Selected Stories by Aatish Taseer, Saadat Hasan Manto
5.0
I have started really enjoying short stories recently, in part because of my shortened attention span and in part because some of them can be really really good.
In all of the stories, the focus was on the people. What he chooses to explore is what goes on in their minds and this appealed to me a lot. I especially enjoyed the stories that were set during the freedom struggle and partition, they were written from a perspective that isn't usually talked about.
Also, in the part where they talked about the author, I came to know he is called one of India's best short story writers and I don't know whether the fact that I hear about him only very recently says more about me or about the way we are taught English.
In all of the stories, the focus was on the people. What he chooses to explore is what goes on in their minds and this appealed to me a lot. I especially enjoyed the stories that were set during the freedom struggle and partition, they were written from a perspective that isn't usually talked about.
Also, in the part where they talked about the author, I came to know he is called one of India's best short story writers and I don't know whether the fact that I hear about him only very recently says more about me or about the way we are taught English.