{"product_id":"manto-saheb-by-vibha-chauhan-khalid-alvi","title":"Manto Saheb By Vibha Chauhan \u0026 Khalid Alvi","description":"\u003cheader class=\"rey-siteHeader rey-siteHeader--custom rey-siteHeader--309 header-pos--rel\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"309\" class=\"elementor elementor-309\" data-elementor-post-type=\"rey-global-sections\" data-elementor-gstype=\"header\" data-page-el-selector=\"body.elementor-page-309\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b7c5e00 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-full_width rey-section-bg--classic elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-sticky elementor-sticky--effects elementor-sticky--active elementor-section--handles-inside\" data-id=\"6b7c5e00\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings='{\"background_background\":\"classic\",\"sticky\":\"top\",\"sticky_on\":[\"desktop\",\"tablet\",\"mobile\"],\"sticky_offset\":0,\"sticky_effects_offset\":0}'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1226a221\" data-id=\"1226a221\" data-element_type=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementor-column-wrap--1226a221 elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39e82508 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-reycore-header-logo\" data-id=\"39e82508\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"reycore-header-logo.default\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementor-widget-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rey-logoWrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rey-siteLogo\"\u003eThis remarkable anthology brings together stories about Saadat Hasan Manto, essayist, scriptwriter, and a master of the short story, by his friends, family and rivals?among others, Ismat Chughtai, Upendranath Ashk, Balwant Gargi, Krishan Chander, his daughter Nuzhat and nephew Hamid Jalal. These are accounts of grand friendships and quarrels, protracted drinking bouts, cutthroat rivalries in the world of Urdu letters, and intense engagement with issues of that turbulent age. Together, they form an unprecedented portrait of the literary and film worlds of the time, and of the great cities of Bombay, Delhi and Lahore. They also offer a glimpse of the making of a legend even as they reveal Manto as a complex man of many contradictions. A devoted husband and father, he was as comfortable at home as he was at prostitutes’ quarters, seeking new material. Generous to a fault, he freely gave away his earnings and often put his family in financial jeopardy. Fiercely competitive and an outspoken critic of others’ writing, he brooked no criticism of his own, at times choosing to sever ties rather than have his words tampered with. And, for much of his adult life, right until the end, Manto was an alcoholic who fiercely defended his choice to remain one.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"content\" class=\"rey-siteContent --tpl-default\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rey-siteContainer \"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rey-siteRow\"\u003e\u003cmain id=\"main\" class=\"rey-siteMain \"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"product-3139\" class=\"rey-swatches product type-product post-3139 status-publish first instock product_cat-autobiography-memoir-biography product_cat-non-fiction product_tag-non-fiction has-post-thumbnail shipping-taxable purchasable product-type-simple rey-product pdp--default\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-tabs wc-tabs-wrapper\" id=\"wc-tabs-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-Tabs-panel woocommerce-Tabs-panel--description panel entry-content wc-tab\" id=\"tab-description\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"tab-title-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rey-prodDescToggle u-toggle-text-next-btn --expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHonest, frank and personal, at times sentimental, and critical?even gossipy?at others, the pieces in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eManto-Saheb\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003econstitute an unparalleled, multi-faceted biography of a genius.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/main\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Book Bank","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50041718341871,"sku":null,"price":300.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/4423\/0639\/files\/images.jpg?v=1782819631","url":"https:\/\/thebookbank.pk\/products\/manto-saheb-by-vibha-chauhan-khalid-alvi","provider":"thebookbank","version":"1.0","type":"link"}