The pity of partition : Manto's life, times, and work across the India-Pakistan divide /
Ayesha Jalal.
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2013.
- xv, 265 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Lawrence Stone lectures .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-247) and index.
Prelude: Manto and Partition -- I. Stories -- "Knives, Daggers, and Bullets Cannot Destroy Religion" -- Amritsar Dreams of Revolution -- Bo mbay : Challenges and Opportunities -- II. Memories -- Remembering Part ition -- From Cinema City to Conquering Air Waves -- Living and Walking Bombay -- III. Histories -- Partition : Neither End nor Beginning -- O n the Postcolonial Moment -- Pakistan and Uncle Sam's Cold War -- Epilo gue: "A Nail's Debt" : Manto Lives On...