title: Bombay Stories (Vintage International)
author: Saadat Hasan Manto
description: When Manto arrived in 1930s Bombay, he fell in love with the city. For him, it was a place bursting with energy and at the same time filled with a hopeless despondency. Manto spent his most creative years there, and Bombay Stories is the result, a collection of 14 stories set in that thriving metropolis. Most of the tales revolve around what Salman Rushdie called Mantos lowlives. Prostitutes, pimps, con men, thieves, and thugs inhabited the citys dark side, while aspiring writers, actors, and intellectuals searched for fame. Manto depicts this lower strata of society in an almost loving way, with delicacy, grace, and a kind of Everyman quality, so that who they are becomes secondary to how they live. The simple narration and strong imagery reflect Mantos keen powers of observation. Beautifully crafted and skillfully translated, the stories remain as startling and provocative today as they were when originally written. They will be for many readers a long-awaited and deeply satisfying introduction to one of Indias greatest storytellers. --Carol Gladstein
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  This is a work of fiction. Names, Characters, Places and incidents are either
  the product of author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance
  to any actual person living or dead, events and locales is entirely
  coincidental. This story is set in the era before 1995 when the current city
  called Mumbai was referred as Bombay, hence the city is referr