Atish Paray

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Atish Paray (Urdu: آتش پارے, lit. 'Nuggets of Fire') is a collection of short stories by Saadat Hasan Manto.

AuthorSadat Hasan Manto
OriginaltitleAtish Paray
LanguageUrdu
PublisherUrdu Bookstall (Lahore)[1]
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Atish Paray
AuthorSadat Hasan Manto
Original titleAtish Paray
LanguageUrdu
PublisherUrdu Bookstall (Lahore)[1]
Publication date1936 (first edition)
Publication placeBritish India
Media typePrint
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Background

Atish 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

There are eight stories in this collection:[1]

  • Khooni Thook (Bloody Spit)
  • Inqalab Pasand (Revolutionary)[a]
  • Ji Aaya Sahab (Coming Sir)[b]
  • Mahigir (Fisherman)[c]
  • Tamasha (Spectacle)[d]
  • Taqat ka Imtehan (Test of Strength)[e]
  • Deewana Shayr (Mad Poet)
  • Chori (Theft)

Notes

  1. [a]
    first published in the Aligarh Magazine in March 1935[3]
  2. [b]
    It was later included in Manto Ke Afsanay under the title Qasim with a slight change in the ending[4]
  3. [c]
    also included in his prior collection Rusi Afsanay (Russian Stories)[5]
  4. [d]
    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]
  5. [e]
    It was included in Manto Ke Afsanay[4]

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